Gaea To Unreal Engine 5 | Next-Gen Terrain?

Hello guys welcome back to another video. In this video we will be checking out a new Terrain Generation Program called Gaea. The creators of Gaea, Quadspinner, has been kind enough to send me a copy of the program to test out with Unreal Engine! I am excited to test it out in Unreal Engine 5 to see what kind of landscapes we can make.
You can get Gaea here:
quadspinner.com/download
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[@peterallely5417]

Would love some more videos on this dude. Thanks for this one. I’m Particularly interested in how we can recreate real locations!

[@robertprescott9577]

Awesome!! I knew about Gaea and will have to explore it some more. Thanks for the tutorial!!

[@AdrianMojkotnielubigugle]

Your fall dudes and cyberpunk vidoes were hilarious, also thanks for the multiplayer tutorials, really cool content

[@Highcastle_of_Tone]

A lot of potential here. I'm just starting to learn Unreal, but I've got plans to use a generator like Gaea to recreate fantasy maps as well as environments of my own for more cinematic/storytelling purposes. Thanks for this overview.

[@CAgram123]

Sounds like we have alike interests. I'd like to hear more.

[@Native_Creation]

Gaea is wonderful, great vid, always looking at different ways to improve the Gaea > Unreal workflow, especially for open world games.

[@sebastiana2035]

Been doing this for a bit now, glad to see someone else found out about it too!

[@KiwiHawk-downunder-nz]

the landscape size's are changing on you because UE use's a wird size setting, the need to be 505x505 1009x1009 2017x2017 4033x4033 to fit the engine's calculations if that helps

[@KiwiHawk-downunder-nz]

@Kyler M Your welcome

[@danskizz7272]

@@KiwiHawk-downunder-nz I just noticed there are actually presets in Gaea for Unreal's weird sizes

[@Rhen5656]

the different resolutions that unreal uses are very important for how their terrain system works, this video timestamp here explains it very well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp-ado2JgbyBjLM

[@finn9233]

@@Rhen5656 thanks for sharing. I was wondering why its not the usual resolution

[@shaunmclellan1877]

Yeah it's actually pretty ridiculous the hoops you have to jump through to get proper scale in Unreal, you think they would have come up with an internal solution so when you select export "Unreal" it takes care of everything

[@peterplantec7911]

Gaia, is similar to World Machine, but is much deeper. It has many unique tools and more a sophisticated, efficient engine.

[@pratyakshgaur]

Great intro to Gaea! Btw, WM also offers 1025x1025 resolution with it's free version, so a correction may be needed at the 2 minute mark.

[@habib.bhatti]

Thanks, I had bought Gaea months ago, finally some time to use it now with unreal lol :)

[@cirnofumo7352]

Gaea is a great app. We use a mix of this + houdini at work and the results are amazing.

[@RandomNoise]

great little tutorial. thank you.

[@Kiba114]

can you do procedural terrain tutorial? its something ive struggled with for a while now

[@abdelrahmanrad]

I think terresculptor is still the best and it's free

[@thomasguerrini7285]

hi, I'm trying to make landscapes for the first time. do you know if terresculptor is compatible with unreal engine 5? on their website it only says compatible to UE 4

[@ZackWolfMusic]

@@thomasguerrini7285 Yes it works UE5!

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

Thanks for the tip off. I always find the in engine tools for terrain a bit lacking.

[@coolcat7029]

Gaea has a free version

[@raphaels.4117]

Hello, thanks for making these amazing videos. I am trying to use landscapes with the quixel megascans plugin in ue5 but I am struggling on making a master material for it with displacement etc. Will you be able to show us how its done. I am asking because some plugins and displacement/tessalaction is deprecated in UE5. Thanks

[@remon563]

look into Virtual Height Field mesh for terrain :)

[@FPChris]

12:30 What is this in scale to a character? And can you import multiple maps for building out to larger worlds with multiple biomes? I'm trying to nail down a Forbidden West sized map workflow. 24x24km sized world thereabouts.

[@voyanceimmediate]

Nice. Don't found your blend material creation tutorial ?

[@Mnerd7368]

So it is similar to Unreal Engine 5 scripting language blueprints for logic but for creating landscape scripting language in real-time. Thats cool 😎.

[@paulchen9145]

Which tutorial / videos exactly are you talking about at 9:08? I really want to use that materials but I don't know where you talk about it / create it. Would appreciate a link to the tutorial for the landscape material because there is nothing in the description.

[@Zae.Clover]

Still kinda new to this. How did you add the extra layers?

[@bryanscheafnocker2526]

Is it possible to map splines to the crevices in the map to generate rivers and water flow dynamically across the landscape without having to manually create each one? That’d be sick.

[@artembeliakov5412]

Where is the tutorial about landscape material wich you say in description? Thank you.

[@ackmaster8050]

cooooooooooool!!! thanks for this!

[@BenMotionGraphics]

This is great but you skip quite a bit. Would love a full breakdown start to finish for your final Mountain biome there.

[@necrorex1]

Love the video and it makes alot of sense, but I'm having an issue where I import the heightmap from Gaea (or any heightmap really) and it ends up being located -21000 location below the playable area. Any ideas why this would be happening?

[@tinman3000]

Got the same thing happening. Can't seem to move or manipulate it at all to change the height, location, rotation, etc.

[@gameswownow7213]

please help! 10:44 the erosion how do i save them for the material? the output is off and builds other stuff

[@val_evs]

Hey! tell me, if export in tiles, how do you combine everything in archive format for UE5 ??

[@nikolistary]

At 9:09 you mention how to do textures and landscape layering and said the link is in the description but it isn't. How do you add the grass and rocks and stuff?

[@nikolistary]

Hey could you explain how you have such crisp textures? My landscape looks really blurry/low-res...thanks!

[@dangerousmindgames]

Which map should be a .raw and which should be .png? I didn't quite get that. Thanks..Oh and how do you get an inverted texture of your heightmap?

[@Mbb2220]

I think heightmap needs to be raw. And the textures as png. Good luck!

[@MidnightshadeProductions]

What is the difference of this software to Gaia Pro? it seems they both create landscape

[@jeronimocollares320]

Hi - Smart Poly - you have something about daz g8 + Cloth to Unreal?

[@phalhappy8612]

Can I import terrain mesh from Blender as FBX and modify erosion in Gaea?

[@christianmartinez351]

Thanks for share friend... I hace a question.... How yo add grass.. foliage... Flowers and trees un ue5 .. with the gaea mask exported ??? Thanks for hoy help...

[@n0rice4u39]

how could you implement different footprint sounds like for sand or water?

[@matthiaskolley1048]

Where did you put the link for the tutorial about your auto-material?

[@cgooch_]

Yeah, I'm still looking for this.

[@cgooch_]

Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4e3q4mqrd2ae5I

[@maloxi1472]

Please, could you make a tutorial on how to make world partition work with continent/country sized maps (1000km x 1000km or more) in UE5 ? This seems to be a sticking point for a lot of people on the forums.

[@aeryes2806]

Try using OWS

[@maloxi1472]

@@aeryes2806 OWhat now ?

[@loganrichardson8799]

When I import it the landscape is in these slot kinda form. Meaning it’s not in one solid landscape it’s all chopped up. How do i fix this

[@RipsonDsouza]

Can you link the tutorial where you explain how you made the landscape material? Thanks!

[@MrGoldman100]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4e3q4mqrd2ae5I

[@Dani3L5098]

where can I find this node > Coast< ?

[@p.imprint]

How to re dock viewport? I accidentally undocked it and I can’t redock it

[@plasticelephant1969]

How do I normalize my heightmap before exporting?

[@user-ix1uu9ms4v]

GOOD

[@nidel6936]

When I try to walk on the landscape, I just fall through the map and when I add a collision, there character floats sometimes. Can you somebody help me ?

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

This seems to be missing steps. How has your imported files from Gaea automatically populated all the layers within the UE Editor despite you saying it only had one? That's where I'm getting stuck. I can only assign one material but the editor gives me a "Hint" to assign more without actually telling me how. Also, UE 5.3 doesn't like .raw anymore and you have to use .r16. If you use .raw it complains about the resolution and doesn't import properly.

[@bilcifer666]

i tried to import and it made my canyon spikey all over. didnt translate over very well. following this to a T and it keeps messing up haha.

[@gulagwarlord]

Does anyone have any clue why UE5 says "file type not recognized" when importing the masks/splatmaps? I've tried 8/16/32 bit png and .raw but still errors. It's incredibly frustrating, been at it all day. Thanks!

[@yuragun3]

I have the same problem((

[@SweatyCubes]

First you say you're not sponsored by them but then you say you are right after that haha.

[@Preirin]

I get an odd error in UE5 when I try to use my .raw heightmap file from Gaea: "doesn't have proper pattern(ex: _X0_Y0.png). Same when trying a .png file. Halp??

[@Ezkanohra]

Same for me! I was wondering the same thing!

[@Preirin]

@@Ezkanohra Still not resolved? Might as well go back to UE4

[@jonasanez]

@@Preirin You ever figure out the solution?

[@Preirin]

@@jonasanez Not yet - but in fairness I've been focusing on a project in 4.27 at the moment...

[@puma8185]

exporting to raw simply does not work for me. the map ends up with a ton of sharp edges and noise.

[@EMNM66]

hello, I'm unable to save the file, is it not available for free version?

[@59_amish43]

can we use this method for UE4 too?

[@somdov]

4 components = 3 welded vertices = 1021 instead of 1024

[@DezorianGuy]

Does somebody know why I get spiky landscapes when importing into the Unreal Engine?

[@Simon-iq1yl]

Spikey is the telltale sign that the raw file has been imported in a different Endian format than it was exported - often described as PC vs Mac raw files. UE expects PC format, so make sure you're exporting them as PC, or little Endian, format.

[@DezorianGuy]

@@Simon-iq1yl Is there a wwy to determine which file it is being imported as within unreal or exported within gaea? I followed the procedure of the video afaik. Thanks for helping.

[@Simon-iq1yl]

@@DezorianGuy I know UE imports little endian format (aka PC or Intel), gaea I don't use. To check gaea's, open raw file say at photopea.com and choosing 1 channel, 16 bit and byte order 34-12 (= Photoshop's IBM PC) should show a smooth greyscale image rather than squiggly lines. If 8-bit or byte 12-34 order is needed to make it smooth, then UE4 will be spikey.

[@Simon-iq1yl]

@@DezorianGuy Another thing to check - if your terrain is quite flat instead of mountainous, UE4's default Z scale will massively amplify it which could also cause spikiness.. You can quickly try lowering the Z-scale on the landscape to see if that could be the issue too.

[@manuel.camelo]

Why the terrain in GAEA is so small? Is it even possible to make a planet on this?? I trust World machine.

[@user-fu7tp9gi5k]

importing masks doesnt seem to work anymore. on 5.2.1, anyone else have this issue?

[@darkigg]

I can make only 1024x1024 maps for free..... And if I want bigger, 99$ would be only about 4000x4000 (which is just fine, nothing special) and if I want 8k that's gonna be really painful in my pocket

[@mattblyther5426]

not everyone is lucky enough to get the 200$ version for free lol.

[@lildeetime745]

How can I add flat tyre in vehicle please help

[@germt5352]

no nanite terrain

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

Does Nanite actually work correctly with an entire mesh terrain? I think I remember reading that lumen won't work correctly yet in that case and will not bounce lights, as well as other issues.

[@ZanoxyPotHead]

@@Kholaslittlespot1 nah nanite kinda sucks rn. That’s why the demo is made up of like 1 mil static mesh

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

@@ZanoxyPotHead yeah I've had mixed results testing it.

[@ZanoxyPotHead]

@@Kholaslittlespot1 honestly I tried to start developing in ue5 but making everything myself when ue4 lighting, blueprint, and backend systems are free and widely available is a huge problem. If only epic thought to make compatibility easier.

[@DigitalAlchemyst]

browser flags download as a virus anyone else getting this?

[@Mirakuruuu]

The UI is fine but the UX is very consumer unfriendly

[@Lord_Thunderballs]

DO NOT SCALE THE TERRAIN! It breaks water.

[@pinklloyd]

You lost me when you showed the prices of Gaea. So many others out there that will do the same or better for FREE!

[@yusufuslu831]

for example?

[@kishen444yt3]

UE5 VS UNITY THW WINNER IS UE5

[@RSProduxx]

Was that ever a question?

[@Ezkanohra]

Who asked?

[@etech8110]

first

[@Possessed_Owl]

Sorry, but this is an almost useless tutorial. At the most important moment, there is a cut and the High Maps to the UE magically appear.

[@sanketvaria9734]

honestly this is only good gor cutscenes. If you want to create open world game then this is useless because you will be looking at ground at 4 feet distance instead of miles away.

[@mr.darkshark6875]

Not a best tutorial. Tutorial is step by step. You didn't show us how did you got material for landscape? How did you created it? 6 points from 10.