The voxel terrain editor plugin I have been working on for my graduation is now open source! You can retrieve the plugin from GitHub here. The working of this plugin and an executable demo can be found in earlier blog posts. Contributing to the project is greatly appreciated. The current version implements the following features: Basic…
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Saving and loading actor data in Unreal Engine 4
For a game idea that I was thinking of I needed a saving/loading system that would store all actors that are in a world. I thought of how games like in Roller Coaster Tycoon or the Sims would do this. I quickly came to the conclusion that it would be best to store all data from…
Continue ReadingSmooth voxel terrain demo in Unreal Engine 4
I have been spending the past 3 months developing the smooth voxel terrain editor mode plugin. In this blog post I will present you with a showcase demo of my work so far. This demo implements all the basic features but they are not yet at the level of ‘smoothness’ that I want them to be….
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This blog post will be about settings up an editor mode plugin in UE4. Settings up this plugin was part of my third years’ specializations (2 times 8 weeks to research a game related subject) where I specialized in the creation of a voxel terrain editor plugin for the Unreal Engine. I did this to learn more about Unreal’s internals and…
Continue ReadingSmooth voxel terrain in Unreal Engine 4
It has been a while since the last blog post I made. I am currently back at school and have been busy reseaching for my third year specializations (2 times 8 weeks to research a game related subject). The first specialization was focused around creating a setup for a C++ game-engine and the second specialization was focused…
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