TerreSculptor -- Awesome & Free World Building Software!

[@gamefromscratch]

Link: www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/02/03/TerreSculptor-World-Building-Tool-Hands-On.aspx

[@freeyourmind6242]

Dose not work on my Mac?

[@daveg4417]

@freeyourmind - Currently Windows 7+ only.

[@ronheiland6250]

@@freeyourmind6242 Yeah, I had the same problem. You can emulate any Windows OS version on your Mac. Keeps saying it's missing an executable, might be malicious. (Mac will not download Malware, so that is why it's missing the executable. Remember if Mac won't run it, don't try to force it, means something is up.) Play on Mac, Winebottler, and Wineskins all said the same thing. I found something better. I use GODOT with the Hterrain plugin and use open ocean with it, which is also for GODOT. This is no new tech, here... this guy will show you how to make a hight map from a black and white photo. You don't need his program, only understand his technique. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZu3mXmEZ9mHeas

[@rohitaug]

Having it automatically texture the terrain is really cool. You could technically sculpt a terrain in Blender or something, export it as a heightmap and get a good starting point for texture painting.

[@5minutemovies977]

If you're sculpting your terrain in blender, you might as well paint it there.

[@Zeriel00]

I thought the whole point of this software is not having to sculpt it manually

[@5minutemovies977]

@@Zeriel00 you're right, if you use this software, it would be silly to use it only for texturing.

[@ccmcgaugh]

WOW!!!! Awesome app!!! I've been playing with GAEA, but this is so much more intuitive, has many more useful controls & options, great GUI, and doesn't use nodes! Loving it already, and will support on Patreon. 😀 THANKS, TOO, for the great tutorial!!! You covered a lot.....good job!

[@Bollalillo]

I've looked for softwares like this in the past, never come across it! This is a hidden gem for sure damn

[@Ny-kelCameron]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, I've been looking for a free terrain software for a long time now.

[@iamnotevenanumber3312]

Wow! That looks like the most versatile terrain builder I have seen yet. Love the multitude of options for import and export. Thanks a lot for guiding through this

[@mythology100]

Studying Unreal on my own. This could help create some neat levels, thanks for the vid.

[@wespenwald1297]

Love your content. The way you rush your channel's name makes me want to punch my speakers though. Keep up the good work!

[@disruptive_innovator]

Holy crap, I needed something like this exactly today! Thanks!

[@TheVigore]

Now that is super useful, both the app and a website. Simply amazing

[@ethanwasme4307]

thanks for covering this... So easy for this to go under many peoples radars. although I wont use, it's great to have a free tool like this!

[@Brewski66627]

what tool?

[@sMs0niC]

after trying this i have to say this is amazing... especially the noise maps and that you actually have an offset and whatever the other axis is called... makes seamless terrain creation a matter of minutes, LOVE IT!! thanks so much for sharing

[@tomoprime217]

Might be worth seeing the results in game engines type video.

[@ringzy]

What do you mean?

[@tomoprime217]

@@ringzy after save import to godot, unreal, and or unity

[@ronheiland6250]

@@tomoprime217 Why import to Godot, they have their own terrain editor and marching cube landscapes. Check out the Hterrain plugin by Zylann Productions. Not to mention the open ocean demo you could use with it. What more would you need. That's why I left unity. Unity doesn't have any REAL working stuff like Godot has.

[@MadyanStudios]

Yay finally, btw ive made couple of tutorials that covers the basics of it in my channel

[@theworldsofhemlockthecat3175]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial ! this software is very helpful for me, it's a great alternative to world machine for generating highmaps in unreal engine.

[@zimnelredoran9985]

Awesome app, just been playing with it for a bit. Very complete, so much to dive in.

[@Tallacus]

Reminds of Bryce, I remember Terragen but that was all procedural with no export feature

[@rigomortisfxstudios]

yes bryce could export i did it all the time but you needed the bryce pro version !!! and its still around

[@codeonion]

Thank you for this. Learnt a great deal from this.

[@hubiguschti5867]

oooohhh this would have been sooooo handy once i was doing some "ground"work in unreal :'D thanks so much for sharing!!

[@TodAG69]

Reminds me of the old Bryce software

[@Spyro_2076]

Good ol Bryce. The program that got me into 3D :)

[@perregrinne2500]

I was wondering what I would use in place of L3DT, and it looks like it might just be this.

[@ShortBusTrip]

Thanks for introducing me to this

[@kemsat-n6h]

Is there like a 3d sculpting version of this? So I could make a ball and sculpt a planet? That would allow for tunnels? Or is that just fantasy?

[@ricardoquerubin3962]

I would love that. Something that has the workflow of something like ZBrush, but would be tailor-made for terrain.

[@johnterpack3940]

The newest version isn't free. The free version is still available, but is not supported anymore.

[@alienouz]

how I never see this before. a very useful tool,, thanks

[@marsmotion]

awesome! world creator is another one. houdini now internal. but love free

[@ethanwasme4307]

gaea and instant terra

[@marsmotion]

@@ethanwasme4307 gaea is a reskin of world machine and nice but also slower. instant terra aint free and neither is gaea for that matter past 1024 which aint much res to work with

[@Hyper5nic]

Registration was indeed kind of difficult, but in the interest of art and game creation, the height maps will help create more realistic environments for backdrops. Do you have examples of using these worlds in a game, or how to import them into a game?

[@gamefromscratch]

The creator has a KZbin channel with some videos on importing to UE4

[@EvilDaveCanada]

How compatible is this software in regards to creating a map for Cities: Skylines?

[@JM-dq7xn]

Neat, but can it also generate placement of objects like trees, rocks, etc.?

[@daveg4417]

Not currently. TerreSculptor is under active development with thousands of future features planned for it.

[@johndeggendorf7826]

Dave G thanks bro

[@ivoferin8176]

Does it use Geo data or imported height maps? Whats your thoughts about this vs World Machine? TY

[@ivoferin8176]

Ive seen in the video. It is possible for height maps.

[@amolambhore6815]

You are the Best Guy on the Internet!

[@kevincantrell6295]

Can you use this with World Composition in UE 4.25. I am trying to play around with World Composition. Are you able to create a large world so that it connects with grids like when you import the maps into UE?

[@alperg1142]

Very Thank you.

[@megtwin]

How can you use it in Unreal? The tsmap extension is not acceptable in Unreal. Is there any way to convert it to r16?

[@marcasrealaccount]

Seems like they might have taken world machine as inspiration for the program

[@daveg4417]

Actually the design style and paradigm for TerreSculptor was Autodesk Max and Photoshop. That is why the software interface is Max-like in layout, and it effectively treats a heightmap as a floating-point grayscale image like Photoshop would a 15-bit image using filters.

[@yamiprincess]

You can use all earth explorer data for free? (I read the description) What license is it under? I'm having trouble finding the specific details.

[@Minnvin]

what export should I use I tried the unreal height map one it doesn't show up when trying to importing it into unreal

[@sikliztailbunch]

Looks nice but sadly destructive workflow. I prefer Instant Terra or World Machine since they have a procedural node based workflow.

[@yapanwolf]

USGS not working, i was registered do this same steps as U but there are no maps to download

[@BUSCAVIDASPRODUCCIONES]

descargado, probado y.... realmente no me ofrece algo que ya no tenga disponible dentro de Blender desde hace años, y creo a mi parecer, mucho más rápido, pero he de reconocer que es buen software, y encima es software libre... eso es estupendo, un saludo

[@6brutaka6]

Im slowly working on a game and i was wondering if you can make islands with it, and if im going to upload it to Unity what format would be best?

[@daveg4417]

Yes, you can make pretty much any shape terrain that you want. You can also use the Flood Level modifier to change the amount of land versus water. There are other modifiers such as Bias/Gain/Level and Equalize that can also be used for modifying water levels. PNG-16-bit files work best for importing into Unreal Engine and Unity.

[@fatBoxSoftware]

Does this allow non-destructive layered editing?

[@daveg4417]

Not yet. When the Terrain Stack is completed then you can do a lot of layered and masked terrain work. TerreSculptor is a solo project so it takes a while for the developer to get some of the many future features completed.

[@aLoudSi1ence]

Where else I can get terrain? US site is asking for a lot of information just to get registered in order to download and I don't have answers of many of the question as they are unrelated or I have never heard of them. :)

[@yellowduckgamedev]

is terresculptor available for mac?

[@doncavanagh7243]

That’s awesome thanks

[@sherazali3414]

It isn't free anymore?

[@ClearAdventure]

Hello, will this work with Brushify in UE4?

[@KingThrillgore]

Before anyone asks: USGS data is public domain

[@Drefar]

Make 1 Showing How to Download a Png Heightmap. and which Sat that has that PNG image.

[@antreas510]

can i used for trainz simulator 2019 ?

[@makoshark40]

can the map border be a circle instead of a square?

[@FlockersDesign]

if you still think its free skip the video or the low price of $99 CAD (approximately $75 US).

[@AtrusDesign]

It’s hard to convince someone who used even free version of Gaea or world machine that this software can be used somehow to achieve something even lightly or remotely useful.

[@RavenArtzy]

Can i export the texture? And if i can, how?

[@greglusienski8550]

Does it do Hexagon landscapes mapping?

[@ebrahimsaber5222]

please tell me if it works with godot game engine ☺️

[@aefoundry]

Linux support?

[@beanmchocolate3900]

This is cool!

[@perfectionbox]

Does it import/export to Leveller?

[@TheThouZands]

even if this one is free i still like terragen more, it has more advanced shading tools and the terrain generator is more versatile and realist

[@zimlo9784]

im a bit late, but is terragen free? are you using terraSculptor? how do i import it on blender in Eevee?

[@zimlo9784]

@@TheThouZands thanks! But do you use terraSculptor before? Idk how to import it to blender...

[@TheThouZands]

@@zimlo9784 precisely that is one of the many reasons i don´t like it; see, you've got to mkae tricks with the camera to export it as a heightfield file, wich doesn´t produce the best results on blender

[@HariPrasad-mn5vu]

SEE I NEVER SUBSCRIBE ANYONE BUT YOUR MAKING ME TOO THANKS BRO

[@ChuckSploder]

Oh yeah, totally free. I got to play with it for a whole MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS. Edit: it's fine now, I downgraded to 2.0

[@m3rl1on]

creating train, you say?

[@spudpud-T67]

That go on trax.

[@0kennywayne]

This software is not free any more. It gives you about 1 minute of demo time, then shuts down. lol

[@ChuckSploder]

Splines?

[@ajddavid452]

I see only one major flaw with this: no Mac or Linux versions, and I don't want to use wine on software like this

[@daveg4417]

TerreSculptor is written in C#/.NET/DevExpress, and when .NET Core becomes mature enough for full cross-platform, hopefully we will see a cross-platform build of TerreSculptor.

[@Kinos141]

Quick question: can I export to fbx?

[@gamefromscratch]

Directly no

[@rigomortisfxstudios]

yes just use 3D Converter

[@daveg4417]

TerreSculptor currently supports more than 110 file formats. FBX file format is on the to-do future feature list.

[@SkyFly19853]

So, what programming languages can we use for this app?

[@koenlefever]

Any language you want, actually. Just export & import the data in a format which you can read,/write from your programming language of choice. Try some kind of text format (Terresculptor supports several) to start with, read the format definition & description, and off you go.

[@SkyFly19853]

@@koenlefever I understand what you mean. So be it...

[@koenlefever]

@@SkyFly19853 There is also a good chance you'll find a library for your language to deal with some of the 110 formats in which this program can export data.

[@SkyFly19853]

@@koenlefever I see. I hope it has Cython too.

[@pants8029]

Why is this app calling home?

[@arjunvarma9350]

Nice one

[@mythryl9930]

brown sky: am i a joke to you? :

[@stephentutton3298]

hAd something like this on the amiga.

[@houstonhelicoptertours1006]

VistaPro comes to mind. Started on the Amiga, handled DEM data.

[@jonorgames9880]

Is this similar to Terragen?

[@gamefromscratch]

Yes, Terragen and WorldEngine are similar applications.

[@RyanMarice]

This doesn't seem nearly as advanced as Terragen. I could do far more many years ago with terragen ~0.84 than this. Terragen is at 4.0 at least now. Fast renderer, volumetics, micro displacement, DoF, motion blur, etc., almost 20 years ago. Terragen is mostly for realistic vfx on scales from planetary to micro, while this seems to be geared towards games a few hundred miles square at most. Then again, I could be wrong.

[@IWillYeah]

@@gamefromscratch do you mean world machine not world engine??

[@ximiwi1115]

I hope it doesn't require a good computer cause mine is crap

[@daveg4417]

System requirements scale well, you can start off with a 1280x720 display on a dual core processor with 2GB memory.

[@mr.peabody3509]

Hieveryone,it'sMikehere,andwe'regonnatalkasfastawecantogivetheimpressionIknowwhatI'mtalkingaboutandyouwon'tthinkI'manewbytoproduction.Ispeakwithoutspacesinmysentencesanddon'treallycareifyouknowIrunmysentenceson. Buh bye

[@LynxSwe]

GIS add-on and blender

[@Killua_702]

هل البرنامج شغال

[@scotteric8711]

Has anyone exported this to a height map for 7days to die yet?

[@markcooperartcomofficial]

Looks like an extremely watered down version of something like Bryce 7.

[@saifulissam636]

Have u tried another 2d world creator from inet2inet.com ? I dont seem to find anyone doing any reviews for this tool yet and im not sure whether is it worth buying or not, but it looks kind of nice.

[@Vishwakarma3d]

quick update on this... THE SOFTWARE IS NO LOGER FREE, IT COST 100$ FOR THE FULL VERSION....GG, WE HAVE LOST THE MAGIC OF THE INTERNET. IT USED TO BE THAT THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE WERE FREE. NOW EVERYONE WANTS A PENNY FOR EVERYTHING.

[@raulcengher7735]

Search more terrain editor because I need for CopperCube 6. Please

[@infinianti]

No longer free. Cost $109

[@tndking]

Sadly paid now cant use for free, RIP.

[@karinmorris6602]

Slow down, sheeesh

[@hershmysson]

You Caught the WHAT now?

[@suniapunia]

hi dude, take something to calm down...🤪

[@themichaelconnor42]

*gets the flu in 2020* *COVID would like to know your location*

[@gekfurian]

Am I the only one who finds this thing absolutely useless? For exaple 3ds max is capable of doing all of these things by default since ages, with no plugin or external programs, expecially at this very poor level of detail.

[@justjosh1400]

You had covid

[@Bestvids69]

the flu (covid)