Creating landscapes for interactive experiences can be difficult, but Unity's new Terrain Tools are designed to streamline that process. This video covers Terrain improvements in Unity 2019, including a demo of the Terrain Tools package and a sneak peek of new features coming in the next update. Speaker: Alexandre Kikuchi - Unity Video available here: https://youtu.be/zr2B6aNyy_A

2. Streamlined landscape
creation with new Terrain
Tools
Alexandre Kikuchi
Tech Evangelist for Latin America
@AlexDevBr

3. Quick Overview from
Unity 2018 and back
— Fast terrain creation, but could
use more variety.
— Users were relying on third-party
solutions.
— A 2018 survey led to Terrain
improvements.
— Assembled a team of graphic
engineers to rock!
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4. 2018.3 - First big
Terrain update
— Better advantage on GPU
(render-path).
— Support to HDRP and LWRP (now
URP).
— Per-pixel normal maps.
— Extendable API.
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5. 2018.3 - First big
Terrain update
— Multiple Terrain support.
— New Neighbor Terrain Tool.
— Brush and Layer improved - new
asset types and way of working.
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6. 2018.3
Extendable API
— Base class TerrainPaintTool<T0>
— Terrain data process utilities
TerrainPaintUtility
— More on creating your own terrain paint
tool:
– https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1026150/
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7. Terrain Tools Package available. From Unity
2019.1 and newer, you can already test it.
2019.1 - New Terrain Tools Package
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New Shortcuts manager. Go to Edit ->
Shortcuts.

8. Terrain Toolbox.Advanced Sculpting
Brushes.
Brush UX Improvement.
2019.1
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9. Common Brush Controls
— Strength
— Size
— Rotation
— Spacing
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10. Brush Controls + Hotkeys
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11. Advanced Sculpting Brushes
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12. Mesh Stamp
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Smooth Height Clone
Brush Examples

13. Smudge
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Pinch Twist
Brush Examples

14. Noise Brush
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— Modify terrain height using different
Noise Type and Fractal Types
— Export custom noise textures
— Create and use presets

15. Noise Brush
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16. 16
Erosion Brushes
Hydraulic Erosion
simulates the effect of water
flowing across the Terrain
surface, and the transport of
sediment along the flow field
Thermal Erosion
simulates the effect of
sediment settling on a Terrain
at different angles
Wind Erosion
simulates the effect of wind
transporting and redistributing
sediment on the Terrain

17. Hydraulic Erosion Brush
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18. Thermal Erosion Brush
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19. Wind Erosion Brush
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20. Terrain Toolbox
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— Create new terrain wizard
— Batch changing terrain settings
— Utility tools
— Import/Export splatmaps
— Manage Terrain layers
— Split large Terrains
— And more…

21. Create a Multi-tiled Terrain
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22. Terrain Utilities
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— Terrain Edit
— Duplicate
— Clean Remove
— Split
— Batch Edit Terrain Layers
— Import/Export Splatmaps
— Export Heightmaps

23. Split a Large Terrain
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24. Advanced Material Painter.Brush Mask Filter.Terrain Visualization Tool.
2019.2 - More Updates
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25. Terrain Heatmap
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26. Brush
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27. Brush Mask Filter
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28. Mask Filters
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Math Operations
— Abs
— Add
— Clamp
— Complement
— Max
— Min
— Negate
— Noise
— Power
— Remap
Terrain Based
— Aspect
— Concavity
— Height
— Slope

29. Paint Texture Tool
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— UX Improvement
— Hotkey Shift+A for quickly switching
layer in scene

30. Paint Texture Tool + Noise Filter
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31. Paint Texture Tool + Terrain Based Filters
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32. Demo time
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33. More coming for Terrains
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34. Terrain Holes
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35. Terrain Holes
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— Unity Editor: 2019.3.0a6+
— Paint Holes Tool: carve or erase holes on terrains
— Trees and Details: objects placed on terrain will update based on holes
— Physics & AI: collision and navigation mesh on terrain will update correctly
— Lighting: lightmapping calculation will update correctly

36. Terrain Roadmap
— 2019.3 - Package will be compatible with the latest Unity version
— 2019.3 - Paint Terrain Holes brush will have all the common brush controls,
hotkeys and brush filters enabled that we implemented in the package
previously.
— 2019.3 - User will be able to export Terrain heightmap in 16bit PNG format
— 2020.x - Layered Terrain and more
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37. More Resources
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— Talk at Siggraph 2019 - Terrain Tools
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3nR_jL5RsE
— Brackeys - How to make Terrain in Unity
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWQv2Bagwgk
— Sykoo - How to make Terrains with Unity 2019
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vvwjfp-hg8
— Blog - Speed up your work with new Terrain Tools
– https://blogs.unity3d.com/pt/2019/05/28/speed-up-your-work-with-the-new-terrain-tools-package/
— Unity GitHub for Terrain Samples
– https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/TerrainToolSamples

38. Want to learn more?
Tutorial:
Working with the Terrain
Editor
Tutorial:
Creating Materials in the
Terrain Editor
Tutorial:
Sculpting with Polybrush
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40. Thank you.
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Alexandre Kikuchi
Tech Evangelist for Latin America
@AlexDevBr
#UniteCopenhagen