PCG Layered Biomes. Basic Tutorial

[@play-good]

this is an underrated package, I LOVE IT THX for sharing this for FREE😍

[@H4Pl0l]

Thanks for making this, I spent days watching tutorials. None of them are even close to this. Good work.

[@gui205]

I don't have "Spwan biome" when i add component, i have install biome plugins en show content

[@lihaoW]

When will UE5.5 be supported

[@melic-chazaryan2769]

You are a great master, a "Jedi" master. Thank you.

[@Gigabyto6SF]

help please, I cant find th biomeSpawnManager when i try to add it

[@Gigabyto6SF]

@@lihaoWDownload the pcg layered biomes from fab, then add it to your project. If you still need help, tell me!

[@industrytamers]

I too. Help pls

[@beachmobjellies]

Great insight! just started using it

[@andrewharrington1444]

Fantastic looking plug-in. Will download it and give it a try.

[@uchiha.madara2237]

can you help me find Pcg biomes main Where did you get it from?

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hi! Make sure the plugin is enabled and that the 'Show Plugin Content' option is enabled

[@markmiller501]

I cannot seem to install this plugin from fab. How do you do it?

[@wielandsmith]

This is a great tutorial. I'm a little stuck though. I wanted to add some grass clumps and flowers, but unlike everything else that spawns in a random noise pattern, the grass clumps spawn in a perfect grid. I played with all of the spawn settings. It's only happening with the grass and small plants.

[@ElPajaroLoko]

You can work with procedural Alpha brushes to modify the landscape?, which can be combined in any way and edited at any time. Thank you

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hi! My plugin has nothing to do with landscape editing. You can do it however you like - through Alpha Brushes, generating externally, or any other way. The plugin simply allows you to place objects on the landscape.

[@ElPajaroLoko]

@@LazyCatsDev So, take my question into consideration for future updates of your plugin... great work anyway, congratulations!

[@KCPage]

Nothing is generated when I complete all the steps. I've used the UnReal PCG before and it works. What am I doing wrong. Do I have to disable the UnReal PCG plugins?

[@jayantbhatt007]

Dude how did you texture the terrain? Btw thanks

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hi! I am using Magic Map Material & Maker plugin for landscape auto material. www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/magic-map-material-maker

[@lazytv363]

Having problem with wpo it’s culling my trees

[@brendanpace97]

Is it possible to scatter smaller grass assets, or is this tool built to scatter larger objects like trees and rocks only? I haven't been able to find any setting to change the size of the points themselves to allow for a higher density and smaller distance between points.

[@wielandsmith]

Yeah, I'm having the same issue.

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hi! Unfortunately, it's not possible to achieve an object density higher than 1 per square meter with the default layers. You can create your own layer and implement the desired density there. Here is the documentation on how to create your own layer - pcg-layered-biomes.snazzydocs.com/tutorials/creating-layers#creating-layer-parameters

[@brendanpace97]

@@LazyCatsDev Okay, no problem. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction!

[@DKJens44]

Nice plugin and great tutorial. But how can I convert all the meshes into foliages at the end, so that you can also cut down the trees?

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hi! Thank you! Now you need to do a lot to achieve this. So later, I am going to create useful tools to replace mesh instances with actors.

[@DKJens44]

@@LazyCatsDev Sounds good, thanks for Work.

[@LazyCatsDev]

@DrZou28 This feature is available now for UE5.4! You can check out here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mISnmZSFh6yfm9k

[@FPChris]

Awesome tutorial thanks!

[@NorwinLabs]

Is it possible to swap the Landscaoe for a Procedural mesh Component? I do not see why not if I use World Ray Hit Query instead of get landscape for the input. Thoughts?

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hi! I believe you can try, but to make it work, you'll need to copy and modify some parts of the PCG graph in the plugin.

[@NorwinLabs]

@@LazyCatsDev I was able to get it to work. Do you know if it is possible to make a filter based on physical materials?

[@mathysvandermerwe6094]

@@NorwinLabs I have this exact same question. Did you manage to get this working? For now I'm reverting to normal PCG scripting as I can get it working there.

[@NorwinLabs]

@@mathysvandermerwe6094 yes. If you use world ray hit query and use the physical materials you can filter based on what physical materials there are

[@Sympho]

Hey, quick question whats you landscape material used in this?

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hi! Landscape and material are from Magic Map Material & Maker (M4) - www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/magic-map-material-maker

[@andreytrukhachev7417]

Many thanks for your tutorial! It was very useful. Can you please also made a tutor where you can explain how to use this system on closed spline areas? Many thanks in advance

[@vega2099]

Should PCG_Main_Graph have been included in the plugin? or is this something needing to be created?

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hi! All graphs used in the tutorial included with the plugin. If you don't see them ensure to enable "Show Plugin Content"

[@vega2099]

Omg, shows how often I use plug-ins. Thank you. Amazing work btw.

[@Dhieen]

This is an amazing tutorial!

[@ExoticCrickett]

hey can u make complete tutorial for beginners, how to make this type of environments from 0-100?

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hey there! Thanks for the comment! This video is actually a step-by-step guide that shows how to create these environments using my plugin. I wonder if there were some parts that weren't clear enough? If there's anything specific you felt confused about, let me know and I can explain it in more detail. Building environments from scratch, without the plugin, is definitely possible. It just involves a lot more technical steps, like working with C++ code and Procedural Content Generation (PCG). My plugin simplifies all that for you, saving you a ton of time. Speaking of the plugin, it's still being reviewed by the Marketplace. It shouldn't be too much longer, and I'll definitely announce the launch date as soon as I know! Feel free to ask any other questions you might have, and thanks again for reaching out!

[@lamvannam7029]

I couldn't find the biomass spawn manager in PCG

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hi! It's called BiomesSpawnManager. Make sure that you have enabled the plugin.

[@lihaoW]

Have you found a solution yet

[@Wauzy]

Really a great plugin. Now if only it were Network Replicated.

[@dazzlesoftware]

can you spawn blueprints instead of meshes with this?

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hi! No, but there's a better option you can check out here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mISnmZSFh6yfm9k

[@dazzlesoftware]

@@LazyCatsDev Thank You!

[@highlimit4952]

Hey man, the Field Forest is not spawning, even on a flat surface. The Hill Forest is Spawning everywhere, why? The Debuging mode on the Field Forest is not showing up too. Its all Because the Priority is the same, it only spawns the lower priority, not both on the same priority, even if its a hill and flat area. And sometimes the stones are in the trees, even when i made it like you in the Video.

[@roberttaylor4696]

Is it too much to request Blueprint actors have the ability to be added to this amazing tool?

[@LazyCatsDev]

What do you mean? You want to spawn actors instead of meshes?

[@LazyCatsDev]

If that's the case, I highly recommend never doing it this way: * It's too resource-intensive for games, both in terms of memory and performance. * It's extremely inconvenient if you have the One File Per Actor mode enabled. Instead, it's worth replacing meshes with Actors at runtime only when necessary. I'll finish and release convenient functions for replacement.

[@Jimmy-z6g]

Me to. PCG_Main_Graph?

[@Jimmy-z6g]

Resolved...So Cool!

[@LazyCatsDev]

@roberttaylor4696 Now there's a better option you can check out here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mISnmZSFh6yfm9k

[@7arman6]

I cant find graphs in ue 5.4

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hi! Make sure the plugin is enabled and that the 'Show Plugin Content' option is enabled

[@哈罗呦吼]

Cannot be utilized, and the exclusion settings are not modifiable，out exclusion bounds value Parameter adjustments have no effect

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hi! I made several fixes, and they are pending review on the marketplace. If the issues still persist after that, please email me with more details. Screenshots or a video would be very helpful.

[@armanelgudzhyan192]

Nice plugin! Going to play with it in more detail later, but FYI you should make sure your struct defaults are initialized since right now on startup it prints this error: "LogClass: Error: StructProperty FBiomeSettings::DebugColor is not initialized properly even though its struct probably has a custom default constructor. Module:PCGLayeredBiomes File:Public/Biomes/BiomesSettings.h" Easy fix, but it gets rid of annoying error message 🙂

[@LazyCatsDev]

Hi! I've seen the message and tried to fix it, but I don't know what ue wants me to do. This field is 100% initialized in a constructor. It looks like ue constructs structures in some weird way. I will try to fix it anyway because it's annoying me too. Maybe you know how to fix this? :)

[@armanelgudzhyan192]

@@LazyCatsDev Oh I see, well I appreciate knowing you're not just ignoring errors like most haha. It is kind of weird, since at first glance it looks correct to me too. I haven't tried this, but I looked in the engine code and it looks like when they define FLinearColor in structs, they usually forward declare FLinearColor too. I looked into CoreMinimal and whether FLinearColor would actually go through there, and from what I can tell, as of 5.4 it is NOT, since it's wrapped in UE_ENABLE_INCLUDE_ORDER_DEPRECATED_IN_5_4. So I'm guessing you could try either forward declaring it and initializing it to the constructor or (hopefully avoidable) including Math/Color.h manually.

[@LazyCatsDev]

@armanelgudzhyan192 I have found a solution! Will be fixed in next update!

[@armanelgudzhyan192]

@@LazyCatsDevOut of curiosity what was the problem?

[@LazyCatsDev]

For some reason ue don't like custom default constructor for structure, if it uses types which is not initialised by default (like FLinearColor). I don't know exactly why. I rid of constructor for that structure and moved logic to another place and this solved the issue.

[@buster5661]

It's too fast to keep up with. Please slow it down

[@IamSH1VA]

Great tool, thanks.....

[@yantingye1988]

谢谢

[@yantingye1988]

It would be great if there were also PCG tools for city creation available

[@ManuL_22]

good tutorial but bro, you go very fast slow down

[@xjuliussx]

youtube has a slow down function :) he is doing fast to put more words into shorter time so we are happy to hear it.

[@IamSH1VA]

watch at 0.5 speed