2. Environments.

March 03, 2018

 

2.1. Main Reading.


• Building Levels in Unity.
• Chapter 3: Shaping Landscape.
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Dives into the process of creating a terrain for the outdoor environment, as well as foliage, water, skyboxes, and trees.

    • Creating terrain
    • Brushes
    • Creating the terrain using heightmaps
    • Level meshing
    • Object layers
    • The terrain texture
    • Water in Unity
    • Adding trees to the level
    • Learning to use the Unity Tree editor
    • Paint details
    • Customizing terrain settings
    • Skybox

2.2. Unity Documentation.


• Terrain Engine.
Unity’s Terrain system allows you to add vast landscapes to your games. At runtime, terrain rendering is highly optimized for rendering efficiency while in the editor, a selection of tools is available to make terrains easy and quick to create. This section explains the various options available for terrains and how to make use of them.

2.3. Video Tutorials.



• Youtube AAV Week 2.




• Digital Tutors - Introduction to Unity 5.
• 07 Creating a terrain.
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13:22





• Digital Tutors - Introduction to Unity 5.
• 08 Painting the terrain.

10:42





• Digital Tutors - Introduction to Unity 5.
• 9 Set dressing the level.

09:38








• Digital Tutors - Introduction to Unity 5.
• 10 Adding foliage.

14:42