Importing Real World Heightmaps into Unreal Engine

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Outstanding work. Thank you so so much

Could you show us a way to efficiently import a height map of the entire world? It seems like downloading it from USGS that way would take an extreme amount of time.

how can you change the setting to be 1 arc instead of 3 arc

When I import into TerreSculptor the terrain is skewed, seems to be multiplying the Z axis a lot so it's very tall and spiky. It seems to be different to use terrain map from outside the US. (I'm trying to use somewhere in Scottish Highlands) I went into Modify > Altitude and shrunk the min/max values to get something, but it was pure eyeball work

Hey so terrasculptor is this free anymore. Do you know of another method that does that require a lot of money?

Thanks so much for this tutorial! I was wondering if you could do a follow up that includes some additional visual data. I'd like to bring in satellite and OSM imagery, and use it as reference to recreate landscapes within UE.

This is a good tutorial bra!

Can you make and updated one for UE 5.1 and show how to place multiple tiles from USGS and TerreSculptor, thanks.

... Do you need to have an account to download from Earth Explorer? all the download buttons are greyed out for me.

Login required at the usgs page

Is there a way to also download the satellite color image?

Thanks for sharing.

how to know the original size of the terrain
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Hi! I am geographer and I wander if I can and how to georeference my SRTM or DEM in UE5?

FYI for new users "The UDK Button has now been renamed to the UE button. You can enable it by going to the Settings, Dimensions, and enabling the Unreal Engine item."

So I tried this usgs tool for extracting data from my home town, but there're no results. It's outside of the US if that helps

You're a hero!!

Ugh Terresculptor is not free anymore! is there any other way to turn the heightmap into a PNG without spending money?

Really great tutorial thank you ! Gonna try this later when I get home

How would you blend 2 of these height maps together? I have a very particular part of the world I'd like to do this to but the feature I want to build around is split in half on 2 files.

Great Nick Name i thinked on "Keyboard Not Found, press any key to continue" lol Useful video Buddy thank you

how can I connect 2 terrains, so that are perfect aligned on the sides, otherwise I have to sculpt all the sides of the terrain

You said free software but when i hit the link to download the Terrasculptor, it's cost 99$. Is there any free version?

I don't understand the formula, though. The map I downloaded was 8129, so...

Fix you’re description.. it’s not free it’s $75

Really disappointed that I can’t find terrasculptor 2.0 anywhere.. how can a software just disappear off the face of earth? The new terra 3.0 is $75

The software is no longer free :(

You are underrated fr g

Would this work for unity??

it will not let me rescale the landscape it in the landscape creation tools. When i type 28,7865*100 and hit enter, it just resets back to 100 like i did nothing

"The provided maps are not for purchase or download; it is to be used as a guide for reference and search purposes only" Download option is greyed out. Is there a way around this?

Do you have a email? I would like to pay you to do me a service

it won't download for me, in the results section. how come?

How do you do this if you want to load in say a whole state vs just a small section?

Where does the 3601 ratio come from?

Doesn't work anymore. Website request login and a lot of personal data to create account

After I scaled up the landscape with the same settings as in the video, I find myself unable to get close to the landscape without it disapearing. I am in UE5 and trying to make this work with world partition. Any suggestions?

i do not see udk landscape but see unreal engine

Great tutorial. Finally one that doesn't let me follow along for 30 minutes and than casually mentions, oh yeah you need the professional version of this tool which costs thousands of dollars to proceed. Thanks, this really helped.

Is there a way to combine several heightmap files into a larger area file? or is the current process to import them one by one, and line up in UE?

What if you try to do this with a piece of landscape with Buildings on it?

Explained so clearly. ! Thumbs up, and subscribed (all videos)

How can i optimize the terrain for a first person shooter? There must be better ways intead of sclupting the whole map for great details.

how big of a map can terrasculptor make? like I want to do a 20km x20km open world map can i map. can I make a map that size in TS? then tile it

I'm new to unreal engine, but if I realize I've screwed up after pressing import is there no way to edit or delete the environment that was created?

hi, im trying to do the math for the scaling inside UE but, lol i have no idea what the original resolution was lol

ty so much man, i will try it right now! all other tutorials i watched did not work with my desired map :'D

Hi, I wondering if you can make a video explaining how to use height res data using the new World Partition System in UE5?