Unreal Complete Scene - Abandoned Train

Learn how to create an abandoned train environment on UE5

What you'll learn

Create serval Game-Ready trees (with common LODs/Imposter)

Create 3d branches to use as textures.

Create an atlas to combine several parts in a single texture.

Create ground foliage models optimized for realtime rendering.

Create serval models with different shapes

Complex shaders for Vegetation (trunk and foliage) and ground foliage (for plants, flowers, grass…)

Advanced terrain shader with distance blend texture, Parallax Occlusion Mapping, RVT, automatic logic and spawn foliage with mask.

Complete composition (Procedural Placement with PCG, volumetric clouds & fog, lighting, vfx…)

Create 4k renders with the Movie Render Queue.

Create multiple advanced textures.

Export with the correct packed textures.

Enhance textures quality

Requirements

The basics on Unreal Engine 5 (Camera movement, import object…)

Winrar or 7zip to decompress files

Owning a computer with Windows 10 or Windows 11

Description

During this course I will show you, step by step, how to create a scene inspired by my most knowned scene, the Abandoned Train!From the creation of Cedar, Hickory and Juniper trees to the ground vegetation, all created with Speedtree 9.5.2 and the final composition on UE5.3.2. We will see the creation of textures with Quixel Mixer and we will create all the shaders needed to get the maximum quality. We will finish with the 4k renders with the Movie Render Queue.Using textures allowed in partnership with ScansLibrary.What I will learn?In Speedtree 9.5.2:Create serval Game-Ready trees (with common LODs/Imposter)Create 3d branches to use as textures.Create an atlas to combine several parts in a single texture.Create ground foliage models optimized for realtime rendering.Create serval models with different shapesIn UE5:Complex shaders for Vegetation (trunk and foliage) and ground foliage (for plants, flowers, grass…)Advanced terrain shader with distance blend texture, Parallax Occlusion Mapping, RVT, automatic logic and spawn foliage with mask.Complete composition (Procedural Placement with PCG, volumetric clouds & fog, lighting, vfx…)Create 4k renders with the Movie Render Queue.In Quixel Mixer:Create multiple advanced textures.Export with the correct packed textures.In Photoshop:Enhance the qualityCombine masksWhat I will get?~35 hours of step-by-step video tutorial8 dedicated chaptersSeparate downloadable chapters (.zip)1080/30fps resolutionSoftware Used:Speedtree 9.5.2Unreal Engine 5.3.2Photo/Image Editing Software (Photoshop, Gimp…)Quixel Mixer 2022Prerequisite:Owning a computer with Windows 10 (64Bits) / Not tested on Windows 11Winrar or 7zip to decompress filesThe basics on Unreal EngineImportant note : This course was created in version 5.3.2 and it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to use THE SAME version! If you choose to use another version, be aware that you may encounter possible errors not covered in this course.About copyrights:All you can find in this course are for personal usage only. You cannot share it, sell it or make it available for free on any platform.

Overview

Section 1: Cedar Trees

Lecture 1 Explanations

Lecture 2 First Tree - Setup Project

Lecture 3 First Tree - Trunk - Main Shape

Lecture 4 First Tree - Trunk - Curve Logic

Lecture 5 First Tree - Trunk - Displacement & Segments

Lecture 6 First Tree - Branches LV1 - Generation Tab

Lecture 7 First Tree - Branches LV1 - Length

Lecture 8 First Tree - Branches LV1 - Random Seeds

Lecture 9 First Tree - Branches LV1 - Angle & Noise

Lecture 10 First Tree - Branches LV1 - Radius & Welding

Lecture 11 First Tree - Branches LV1 - Knockout & Break

Lecture 12 First Tree - Branches LV2 - Complete Creation

Lecture 13 First Tree - Twigs - Complete Creation

Lecture 14 First 3D Branch - Main Branch

Lecture 15 First 3D Branch - First Small Branch - Main Branch

Lecture 16 First 3D Branch - First Small Branch - Branches LV1

Lecture 17 First 3D Branch - First Small Branch - Branches LV2

Lecture 18 First 3D Branch - First Small Branch - Manual Changes

Lecture 19 First 3D Branch - First Small Branch - Remove Overlap

Lecture 20 First 3D Branch - First Small Branch - Add Needles

Lecture 21 First 3D Branch - First Small Branch - Add Bark Textures

Lecture 22 First 3D Branch - First Small Branch - Create Gradient

Lecture 23 First 3D Branch - First Small Branch - Setup Gradient on Needles

Lecture 24 First 3D Branch - First Small Branch - Set Young Needles

Lecture 25 First 3D Branch - First Small Branch - Create Gradient Variation

Lecture 26 First 3D Branch - First Small Branch - Needles Radius & Rework

Lecture 27 First 3D Branch - Second Small Branch - Creation & Placement

Lecture 28 First 3D Branch - Second Small Branch - Rework Young Parts

Lecture 29 First 3D Branch - Add Other Branches

Lecture 30 First 3D Branch - Add Needles on Main Branch

Lecture 31 First 3D Branch - Bake as Textures

Lecture 32 First Tree - Import First Branches Textures

Lecture 33 First Tree - First Branch Cutout

Lecture 34 First Tree - Add Fronds on Tree

Lecture 35 First Tree - Improve Branches LV1 & LV2

Lecture 36 First 3D Branch - General Improvements

Lecture 37 Second 3D Branch - Complete Creation

Lecture 38 First Tree - Second Baked Branch Test

Lecture 39 Second 3D Branch - Add Dead Needles

Lecture 40 Second 3D Branch - General Improvements

Lecture 41 First 3D Branch - Add Dead Needles

Lecture 42 3D Dead Branches - Full Creation

Lecture 43 3D Dead Branches - Cutout

Lecture 44 3D Dead Branches - Test on Tree

Lecture 45 3D Dead Branches - Second Model Creation

Lecture 46 3D Dead Branches - Test the Second Model on Tree

Lecture 47 3D Small Branches - Full Creation

Lecture 48 Cedar Atlas - Import Materials

Lecture 49 Cedar Atlas - Knowing the Logic

Lecture 50 Cedar Atlas - Creation

Lecture 51 Cedar Atlas - Fix Subsurface on First Branch

Lecture 52 Cedar Atlas - Fix Subsurface on Other Branches

Lecture 53 Cedar Atlas - Fix Subsurface Mask

Lecture 54 Cedar Atlas - Update Textures & Bake

Lecture 55 Cedar Atlas - Resize Texture

Lecture 56 First Tree - Update Cutouts

Lecture 57 First Tree - Update Tree

Lecture 58 First Tree - Branch Rework

Lecture 59 First Tree - Add Trunk Texture

Lecture 60 First Tree - Add Small Branches

Lecture 61 First Tree - Add Caps Texture

Lecture 62 First Tree - Optimization - Trunk

Lecture 63 First Tree - Optimization - Branches LV1

Lecture 64 First Tree - Optimization - Branches LV2 & Small Branches

Lecture 65 First Tree - Optimization - Cutouts LODs

Lecture 66 First Tree - Optimization - Structure

Lecture 67 Second Tree - Trunk - Spine Tab

Lecture 68 Second Tree - Trunk - Radius

Lecture 69 Second Tree - Branches LV1 - Spine Tab

Lecture 70 Second Tree - Branches LV1 - Radius & Manual Placement

Lecture 71 Second Tree - Branches LV2 - Spine Tab

Lecture 72 Second Tree - Branches LV2 - Radius

Lecture 73 Second Tree - Update Twigs

Lecture 74 Second Tree - Update Fronds

Lecture 75 Second Tree - Final Changes

Lecture 76 Second Tree - Improve Trunk

Lecture 77 Sapling - Explanations

Lecture 78 Sapling - Trunk

Lecture 79 UE5 - Project Overview

Lecture 80 UE5 - How to Migrate Content from a Project to an Other

Lecture 81 UE5 - Project Settings

Lecture 82 Sapling - Import Trees

Lecture 83 Enable DLSS on UE5

Section 2: Hickory Trees

Lecture 84 Explanations

Lecture 85 Hickory Tree - Trunk

Lecture 86 Hickory Tree - Branches LV1 - Full Creation

Lecture 87 Hickory Tree - Branches LV1 - Add Force

Lecture 88 Hickory Tree - Branches LV1 - Set Force Curves

Lecture 89 Hickory Tree - Branches LV2 - Generation Tab

Lecture 90 Hickory Tree - Branches LV2 - Spine & Radius Tabs

Lecture 91 Hickory Tree - Add Twigs

Lecture 92 Bare 3D Branch - Generation Tab

Lecture 93 Bare 3D Branch - Spine Tab

Lecture 94 Bare 3D Branch - Radius Tab

Lecture 95 Bare 3D Branch - Branches LV1

Lecture 96 Bare 3D Branch - Add Bark Texture

Lecture 97 Bare 3D Branch - Add Details

Lecture 98 Bare 3D Branch - Base as Textures

Lecture 99 Hickory Tree - Add Bark Texture

Lecture 100 Import Baked Bare Branch & Cutout Creation

Lecture 101 Baked Bare Branch Test & Rework

Lecture 102 Leafy 3D Branch - Creation & Branches LV1

Lecture 103 Leafy 3D Branch - Branches LV2

Lecture 104 Leafy 3D Branch - Add Forces

Lecture 105 Leafy 3D Branch - Manual Rework

Lecture 106 Leafy 3D Branch - Add Twigs

Lecture 107 Leafy 3D Branch - Import Leaves Textures

Lecture 108 Leafy 3D Branch - First Leaf Cutout & Test

Lecture 109 Leafy 3D Branch - Avoid Leaves Overlapping

Lecture 110 Leafy 3D Branch - Other Leaves Cutouts

Lecture 111 Leafy 3D Branch - Final Manual Rework

Lecture 112 Leafy 3D Branch - Bake as Textures

Lecture 113 Import, Cutout & Test of Leafy Branch on Tree

Lecture 114 Second Leafy 3D Branch - Full Creation & Bake

Lecture 115 Import, Cutout & Test the Second Leafy Branch on Tree

Lecture 116 Hickory Atlas - Import Materials & Meshes

Lecture 117 Hickory Atlas - Add Meshes as Leaf Actors

Lecture 118 Hickory Atlas - Manual Placement & Bake

Lecture 119 Hickory Atlas - Texture Improvements & Resizing

Lecture 120 Hickory Tree - Import Atlas Textures

Lecture 121 Hickory Tree - Update Bare Branch Cutout

Lecture 122 Hickory Tree - Update First Leafy Branch Cutout

Lecture 123 Hickory Tree - Update Second Leafy Branch Cutout

Lecture 124 Hickory Tree - Set New Material & Cutouts

Lecture 125 Hickory Tree - Set Leaf Collisions

Lecture 126 Hickory Tree - Set LODs

Lecture 127 Hickory Tree - Export to UE5

Lecture 128 Hickory Tree - Import to UE5

Lecture 129 Hickory Tree - Fix Noisy Opacity Mask

Lecture 130 Hickory Tree - Branches Density Improvements

Lecture 131 Hickory Tree - Main Branches Improvements

Section 3: Juniper Trees

Lecture 132 Explanations

Lecture 133 Juniper Tree - Trunk

Lecture 134 Juniper Tree - Branches LV1 - Generation Tab

Lecture 135 Juniper Tree - Branches LV1 - Spine Tab

Lecture 136 Juniper Tree - Branches LV1 - Skin Tab

Lecture 137 Juniper Tree - Branches LV1 - Improve Segments

Lecture 138 Juniper Tree - Branches LV1 - Split

Lecture 139 Juniper Tree - Branches LV2 - Full Creation

Lecture 140 Juniper Tree - Twigs - Generation & Spine Tabs

Lecture 141 Juniper Tree - Twigs - Skin Tab

Lecture 142 Juniper Tree - Twigs - Improve Segments

Lecture 143 Juniper Tree - Twigs - Add Force

Lecture 144 Juniper Tree - Twigs - Knockout

Lecture 145 3D Bare Branch - Copy Base from Hickory Tree

Lecture 146 3D Bare Branch - Replace Bark Texture

Lecture 147 3D Bare Branch - Fix UVs

Lecture 148 3D Bare Branch - Add Cap Texture

Lecture 149 3D Bare Branch - Add Details

Lecture 150 3D Bare Branch - Bake as Texture

Lecture 151 Juniper Tree - Import Baked Bare Branch & Create Cutout

Lecture 152 Juniper Tree - Add Baked Bare Branch with Fronds

Lecture 153 First 3D Leafy Branch - Create Main Branch

Lecture 154 First 3D Leafy Branch - Branches LV1

Lecture 155 First 3D Leafy Branch - Add Bark Texture

Lecture 156 First 3D Leafy Branch - Import Needle Textures

Lecture 157 First 3D Leafy Branch - Make Needle Cutouts

Lecture 158 First 3D Leafy Branch - Add Needles on Branches

Lecture 159 First 3D Leafy Branch - Add Dry Needles

Lecture 160 First 3D Leafy Branch - Add Branches for Berries

Lecture 161 First 3D Leafy Branch - Add Berry Mesh

Lecture 162 First 3D Leafy Branch - Rework Berries Color

Lecture 163 First 3D Leafy Branch - Bake as Textures

Lecture 164 Juniper Tree - Import Baked First Leaf Branch & Make Cutout

Lecture 165 Juniper Tree - First Leafy Branch Test on Tree

Lecture 166 Juniper Tree - Add More Anchors Points to Bare Branch

Lecture 167 Juniper Tree - Leaf Knockout

Lecture 168 Second 3D Leafy Branch - Full Creation & Bake as Textures

Lecture 169 Juniper Tree - Twigs & Leaves Improvements

Lecture 170 Juniper Tree - Add Bark Texture

Lecture 171 Second 3D Leafy Branch - Rework

Lecture 172 Juniper Atlas - Import Materials & Meshes

Lecture 173 Juniper Atlas - Manual Placement & Bake

Lecture 174 Juniper Atlas - Texture Improvements & Resizing

Lecture 175 Juniper Tree - Import Atlas Textures

Lecture 176 Juniper Tree - Update Bare Branch Cutout

Lecture 177 Juniper Tree - Update Leafy Branches Cutouts

Lecture 178 Juniper Tree - Update Fronds & Leaf Nodes Material

Lecture 179 Juniper Tree - Resizing Tree

Lecture 180 Juniper Tree - Set LODs

Lecture 181 Juniper Tree - Set AO & Export to UE5

Lecture 182 Juniper Tree - Import to UE5

Lecture 183 Juniper Tree - Outro

Section 4: Vegetation Shader

Lecture 184 Chapter Explanations (Important to watch)

Lecture 185 Shader Explanations

Lecture 186 Provided UE5 Project Overview

Lecture 187 Migrate Alreay Made Content (Optional)

Lecture 188 How Material Function Works?

Lecture 189 Foliage Set Function - Set Default Textures

Lecture 190 Foliage Set Function - Albedo Controls Function

Lecture 191 Foliage Set Function - Base Color Attribute

Lecture 192 Foliage Set Function - Base Color Test

Lecture 193 Foliage Set Function - Opacity Mask Attribute

Lecture 194 Foliage Set Function - Normal Intensity Function

Lecture 195 Foliage Set Function - Normal Intensity Attribute & Test

Lecture 196 Foliage Set Function - Fresnel Specular Function

Lecture 197 Foliage Set Function - Fresnel Specular Attribute & Test

Lecture 198 Foliage Set Function - Roughness Attribute & Test

Lecture 199 Foliage Set Function - Emissive Attibute

Lecture 200 Foliage Set Function - Subsurface Attribute & Test

Lecture 201 Foliage Set Function - Set Subsurface on Fern

Lecture 202 Foliage Set Function - Subsurface Custom Color

Lecture 203 Foliage Set Function - Group & Sort

Lecture 204 Bark - Tiling Feature

Lecture 205 Bark - Material instance Creation

Lecture 206 Bark - Roughness Texture Support

Lecture 207 Bark - AO - Grayscale Function

Lecture 208 Bark - AO - Add to Foliage Set Function

Lecture 209 Bark - AO - Test

Lecture 210 Bark - Remove Subsurface on Bark

Lecture 211 Billboards - Create Function

Lecture 212 Billboards - Add to Foliage Set Function

Lecture 213 Add Shader Comments

Lecture 214 Wind - Explanations

Lecture 215 Wind - Speedtree Wind

Lecture 216 Wind - Main Function - Creation & Static Switch Parameters

Lecture 217 Wind - Main Function - Wave Logic

Lecture 218 Wind - Main Function - Wind Controls

Lecture 219 Basic Landscape Material - Creation

Lecture 220 Basic Landscape Material - Set Grass LODs

Lecture 221 Basic Landscape Material - Material Instances

Lecture 222 Wind - Test & Vertex Color Explanations

Lecture 223 Wind - How to Paint Vertex on Custom Mesh (Non-Speedtree Assets)

Lecture 224 Wind - Group & Sort

Lecture 225 RVT - Add Feature on Landscape Shader

Lecture 226 RVT - Create Blending Function

Lecture 227 RVT - Ground Foliage Material

Lecture 228 RVT - Test on Grass

Lecture 229 RVT - Set All Axis Enable & Group

Lecture 230 Migrate Content to Abandoned Train Project

Lecture 231 Create Bark Material Instance

Lecture 232 Setup Texture with Property Matrix

Lecture 233 Create Atlas Material Instance

Lecture 234 Create Other Cedar Material Instances

Lecture 235 Update Cedar Billboard Textures

Lecture 236 Create Hickory Material Instances

Lecture 237 Comparison Between Speedtree & Custom Shaders

Lecture 238 Clean Hickory Folder

Lecture 239 Create Juniper Material Instances

Lecture 240 Update Juniper

Section 5: Ground Foliage

Lecture 241 Explanations

Lecture 242 Dry Reeds - Import Textures & Base Cutouts

Lecture 243 Dry Reeds - First Cutout, LODs & Triangluation

Lecture 244 Dry Reeds - Second Cutout & LODs

Lecture 245 Dry Reeds - Third Cutout & LODs

Lecture 246 Dry Reeds - Export Meshes

Lecture 247 Dry Reeds - Import Textures & Meshes in Speedtree

Lecture 248 Dry Reeds - Patch Creation - Generation Tab

Lecture 249 Dry Reeds - Patch Creation - Spine Tabs & Adding Fronds

Lecture 250 Dry Reeds - Export to UE5

Lecture 251 Dry Reeds - Test in UE5 & Material Instances

Lecture 252 Dry Reeds - Fix Flatness

Lecture 253 Dry Reeds - Update LOD0 & UE5 Mesh

Lecture 254 Subsurface - Use Mask Texture

Lecture 255 Subsurface - Cedar Atlas Mask & Compression Type Test

Lecture 256 Subsurface - Update Atlas Mask for Other Meshes

Lecture 257 Dry Thorns - Clean Start

Lecture 258 Dry Thorns - First Cutout & LODs

Lecture 259 Dry Thorns - Second Cutout & LODs

Lecture 260 Dry Thorns - Third Cutout & LODs

Lecture 261 Dry Thorns - Path Creation

Lecture 262 Dry Thorns - Export to UE5

Lecture 263 Dry Thorns - Import & Test in UE5

Lecture 264 Grass - First Cutout & LODs

Lecture 265 Grass - Second Cutout & LODs

Lecture 266 Grass - Third Cutout & LODs

Lecture 267 Grass - Fourth Cutout & LODs

Lecture 268 Grass - First Patch Creation

Lecture 269 Grass - Second Patch Creation

Lecture 270 Grass - Setup Patch LODs

Lecture 271 Grass - Export & Test in UE5

Lecture 272 Grass - Rework & Final Test in UE5

Lecture 273 Pink Dry Plant - Cutouts Creation

Lecture 274 Pink Dry Plant - Patch Creation

Lecture 275 Pink Dry Plant - Add Small Parts

Lecture 276 Pink Dry Plant - Add Leaves & Make some Adjustements

Lecture 277 Pink Dry Plant - Export to UE5

Lecture 278 Pink Dry Plant - Import & Test in UE5

Lecture 279 Sprouts - Cutouts & Patch Creation

Lecture 280 Sprouts - Export & Test in UE5

Lecture 281 Thorns - First Cutout

Lecture 282 Thorns - Second Cutout

Lecture 283 Thorns - Patch Creation

Lecture 284 Thorns - Export & Test in UE5

Lecture 285 White Flowers - Cutouts Creation

Lecture 286 White Flowers - Patch Creation

Lecture 287 White Flowers - Export & Test in UE5

Lecture 288 Purple Flowers - Cutouts Creation

Lecture 289 Purple Flowers - Patch Creation

Lecture 290 Purple Flowers - Add Top Flowers

Lecture 291 Purple Flowers - Set LODs, Export & Test in UE5

Lecture 292 Moss - Cutouts Creation

Lecture 293 Moss - Patch Creation

Lecture 294 Moss - Test in UE5 & Outro

Section 6: Automatic Landscape & Textures Creation

Lecture 295 Chapter Explanations (Important to watch)

Lecture 296 Shader Explanations

Lecture 297 Resources Overview

Lecture 298 Tiling Function

Lecture 299 Tiling Feature Test & Master Material Creation

Lecture 300 Distance Based Texture Size - Texture Blend Logic

Lecture 301 Distance Based Texture Size - Distance Logic

Lecture 302 Distance Based Texture Size - Test & Sorting

Lecture 303 Textures Function - Base Color

Lecture 304 Textures Function - Other Textures

Lecture 305 Textures Function - Test in Master Material

Lecture 306 Layers Functions - Add Textures Function

Lecture 307 Layers Function - Albedo Controls

Lecture 308 Layers Function - Base Color Attribute

Lecture 309 Layers Function - Fresnel Specular Function

Lecture 310 Layers Function - Add Fresnel Specular in Master Material

Lecture 311 Layers Function - Roughness Attribute

Lecture 312 Layers Function - Normal Intensity Function

Lecture 313 Layers Function - Add Normal Intensity in Master Material

Lecture 314 Layers Function - Grayscale Controls Function

Lecture 315 Layers Function - Add Grayscale Controls in Master Material

Lecture 316 Layers Function - Sorting

Lecture 317 Layers Creation - First Layer

Lecture 318 Layers Creation - Create Layers Info

Lecture 319 Layers Creation - Other Layers

Lecture 320 Layers Creation - Import Textures & First Layer Test

Lecture 321 Layers Creation - Other Layers Test

Lecture 322 Layers Creation - Add Height Blending

Lecture 323 Automatic Slopes Detection - 5 Lerps Function

Lecture 324 Automatic Slopes Detection - Detection Function

Lecture 325 Automatic Slopes Detection - Add to Master Material &Test

Lecture 326 Distant Variation - Far Normal Function

Lecture 327 Distant Variation - Far Normal Test

Lecture 328 Distant Variation - Color Variation Feature

Lecture 329 Distant Variation - Sort & Group

Lecture 330 RVT - Enabling Virtual Textures

Lecture 331 RVT - Set up in Master Material

Lecture 332 RVT - Test on Terrain

Lecture 333 RVT - Distance Logic & Resolution

Lecture 334 Automatic Foliage - Explanations

Lecture 335 Automatic Foliage - Vegetation Mask

Lecture 336 Automatic Foliage - Vegetation Logic Function

Lecture 337 Automatic Foliage - Main Function - Threshold Parameter

Lecture 338 Automatic Foliage - Main Function - Add First Layer Support

Lecture 339 Automatic Foliage - Add Landscape Grass Types for the First Layer

Lecture 340 Automatic Foliage - First Landscape Grass Type "Full" Test

Lecture 341 Automatic Foliage - Remove Vegetation on Slopes & RGB Mask Test

Lecture 342 Automatic Foliage - Foliage Remover Layer

Lecture 343 Automatic Foliage - Set up Other Layers

Lecture 344 Automatic Foliage - Create Other Landscape Grass Types

Lecture 345 Automatic Foliage - Other Layers Test & Fix Groups

Lecture 346 Parallax Occlusion Mapping - Set Main Function

Lecture 347 Parallax Occlusion Mapping - Add To Textures Function

Lecture 348 Parallax Occlusion Mapping - Packed Texture Test

Lecture 349 Parallax Occlusion Mapping - Set Displacement Texture Support

Lecture 350 Parallax Occlusion Mapping - Shadows - Set up in POM Function

Lecture 351 Parallax Occlusion Mapping - Shadows - Update Textures Blend Function

Lecture 352 Parallax Occlusion Mapping - Shadows - Create Light Vector Blueprint & Test

Lecture 353 Parallax Occlusion Mapping - Shadows - Sort & Group

Lecture 354 Migrate Shader in Abandoned Train Project

Lecture 355 Main Map Creation

Lecture 356 Add Terrain

Lecture 357 Set Distance Fade

Lecture 358 Quixel Mixer - Main Ground Texture - Explanations

Lecture 359 Quixel Mixer - Main Ground Texture - Create First Mix

Lecture 360 Quixel Mixer - Main Ground Texture - Change Settings

Lecture 361 Quixel Mixer - Main Ground Texture - Add First Layer

Lecture 362 Quixel Mixer - Main Ground Texture - Set up First Layer

Lecture 363 Quixel Mixer - Main Ground Texture - Setup Second Layer

Lecture 364 Quixel Mixer - Main Ground Texture - Add Moss

Lecture 365 Quixel Mixer - Main Ground Texture - Add Details

Lecture 366 Quixel Mixer - Custom Export Preset

Lecture 367 Quixel Mixer - Main Ground Texture - Small Rework

Lecture 368 Quixel Mixer - Main Ground Texture - Export & Test in UE5

Lecture 369 Quixel Mixer - Rocky Variation Texture - Full Creation

Lecture 370 Quixel Mixer - Roots Variation Texture - Full Creation

Lecture 371 Quixel Mixer - Roots Variation Texture - Create Mask

Lecture 372 Quixel Mixer - Roots Variation Texture - Improve Displacement Texture

Lecture 373 Quixel Mixer - Rock Texture - Full Creation

Lecture 374 Quixel Mixer - Rock Texture - Test in UE5 & Rework

Lecture 375 Quixel Mixer - Outro

Section 7: Scene Creation

Lecture 376 Explanations

Lecture 377 Set up Level

Lecture 378 Convert Train as Static Mesh

Lecture 379 Train Placement & Enabling Landmass Plugin

Lecture 380 Hills Placement

Lecture 381 PCG - Enabling Pugin

Lecture 382 PCG - How it Works?

Lecture 383 PCG - Surface Sampler & Transform Points

Lecture 384 PCG - Density Filter & Normal Density

Lecture 385 PCG - Project on Terrain & Mesh Spawning

Lecture 386 PCG - Control Density

Lecture 387 PCG - Fix Trunk Shader Issue

Lecture 388 PCG - Add Juniper Trees

Lecture 389 PCG - Avoid Overlap

Lecture 390 PCG - Cedar Trees Bounds Controls

Lecture 391 PCG - Set Blockers

Lecture 392 PCG - Avoid Lanscape Spline

Lecture 393 Lighting - Main Screenshot Cine Camera Placement

Lecture 394 Lighting - Sun Position

Lecture 395 Lighting - Volumetric Fog

Lecture 396 Lighting - White HDRI

Lecture 397 Landscape Mask - How to Create Mask

Lecture 398 Landscape Mask - Merge Masks

Lecture 399 Landscape Mask - Painting Terrain

Lecture 400 Landscape Grass Type - Set up

Lecture 401 Landscape Grass Type - Fix Contact Shadow on Trees

Lecture 402 Landscape Grass Type - Switch Parent for Juniper Instance Material

Lecture 403 Landscape Grass Type - Switch Parent on Other Meshes

Lecture 404 Use Multiple PCG Blockers

Lecture 405 Rework Terrain Paint

Lecture 406 Rework PCG

Lecture 407 Trees Placement

Lecture 408 Add Saplings

Lecture 409 Set Hickory Specular

Lecture 410 Cover - Create Dedicated Layer

Lecture 411 Cover - Set the Logic

Lecture 412 Cover - Setup Material Instance

Lecture 413 Cover - Create Moss Texture

Lecture 414 Moss - Work with Foliage Tool & Set Color

Lecture 415 Moss - Add Fuzzy Shading

Lecture 416 Moss - Set Fuzzy Parameters

Lecture 417 Moss - Add Moss on Locomotive

Lecture 418 Moss - Add Moss on Boxcart

Lecture 419 Final Lighting - Switch Shadow Method in Project Settings

Lecture 420 Final Lighting - Set Post Process Volume

Lecture 421 Final Lighting - Add Volumetric Clouds

Lecture 422 Final Lighting - Small Improvements

Lecture 423 Custom Local Volumetric Fog - Set Erosion Scale & Animation

Lecture 424 Custom Local Volumetric Fog - Set Base Shape

Lecture 425 Custom Local Volumetric Fog - Set Erosion Shape

Lecture 426 Custom Local Volumetric Fog - Add Custom Node

Lecture 427 Custom Local Volumetric Fog - Set Color & Opacity Parameters

Lecture 428 Custom Local Volumetric Fog - Set Material Instance

Lecture 429 Custom Local Volumetric Fog - Increase Quality

Lecture 430 Custom Local Volumetric Fog - Group & Sort

Lecture 431 Wind - Explanations

Lecture 432 Wind - Set up General Wind

Lecture 433 Wind - Set up Branches

Lecture 434 Wind - Set on Leaves

Lecture 435 Wind - Export & Import in UE5

Lecture 436 Wind - Create ST9 Wind Function

Lecture 437 Wind - Test & Set Material Instance

Lecture 438 Wind - Billboards - Get ST9 Attributes

Lecture 439 Wind - Billboards - Update Billboards Function

Lecture 440 Wind - Billboards - Test

Lecture 441 Wind - Update Foliage Set Function

Lecture 442 Wind - Set up Other Cedar Trees

Lecture 443 Wind - Import Other Cedars in UE5

Lecture 444 Wind - Set up on Hickory Trees

Lecture 445 Wind - Set up on Juniper Trees

Lecture 446 Wind - Ground Foliage - Pink Dry

Lecture 447 Wind - Ground Foliage - Dry Reeds

Lecture 448 Wind - Ground Foliage - Dry Thorns

Lecture 449 Wind - Ground Foliage - Grass Rework

Lecture 450 Wind - Ground Foliage - Set up on Grass

Lecture 451 Wind - Ground Foliage - Moss

Lecture 452 Wind - Ground Foliage - Pink Flowers

Lecture 453 Wind - Ground Foliage - Sprouts

Lecture 454 Wind - Ground Foliage - Thorns

Lecture 455 Wind - Ground Foliage - White Flowers

Lecture 456 Wind - Ground Foliage - Export to UE5

Lecture 457 Wind - Ground Foliage - Import & Set Material Instances

Lecture 458 Final Rework - Explanations

Lecture 459 Final Rework - Remove Some Trees

Lecture 460 Final Rework - Reducing Virtual Shadow Mask Computing

Lecture 461 Final Rework - Post Process Volume

Lecture 462 Final Rework - Fuzzy Moss on Train

Lecture 463 Final Rework - Moss Color

Lecture 464 Fix Train - Export as FBX

Lecture 465 Fix Train - Fix Locomotive Issue

Lecture 466 Fix Train - Fix Boxcart Issue

Lecture 467 Fix Train - Reimport & VFX Explanations

Lecture 468 VFX - Create the Master Material

Lecture 469 VFX - Ambient Dust - Create Material Instance

Lecture 470 VFX - Ambient Dust - Create the Emitter

Lecture 471 VFX - Falling Leaves - Create the Texture

Lecture 472 VFX - Falling Leaves - Material Instance & Emitter Creation

Lecture 473 VFX - Falling Leaves - User Parameters & Test

Lecture 474 VFX - Outro

Section 8: Renderings

Lecture 475 Explanations

Lecture 476 Renderings - Sequencer Overview

Lecture 477 Renderings - Add Actors & Keys

Lecture 478 Renderings - Static Screenshot - Set Aperture

Lecture 479 Renderings - Static Screenshot - Freeze the Scene

Lecture 480 Renderings - Static Screenshot - Create Movie Render Queue Custom Preset

Lecture 481 Renderings - Static Screenshot - Render Local

Lecture 482 Renderings - Dynamic Screenshot - Dynamic Focal Length

Lecture 483 Renderings - Dynamic Screenshot - Add Camera Shake

Lecture 484 Renderings - Dynamic Screenshot - Increase Sequence Duration

Lecture 485 Renderings - Dynamic Screenshot - Reactivate Wind & VFX

Lecture 486 Renderings - Dynamic Screenshot - Render Local

Lecture 487 Renderings - Dynamic Screenshot - Final Rendering

Lecture 488 Renderings - Add Parallax Occlusion Mapping

Lecture 489 Renderings - Outro

Beginners or intermediates wishing to learn how to create an environment in Unreal Engine 5 or vegetation on Speedtree