26 Building Foundation — Transcript

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1. 0:15Hello and welcome back everyone to
2. 0:16Unreal Engine 5 beginner's guide to
3. 0:18building an environment. In the last
4. 0:19lesson, we left it off by sorting out
5. 0:21the roof for our wooden hut. And in this
6. 0:24lesson, we're going to continue working
7. 0:25on it. And this time we're going to
8. 0:28start placing some of the foundation to
9. 0:30break off some of the edges that are
10. 0:32near the terrain, the bottom of the
11. 0:34terrain. So, let's go ahead and get into
12. 0:36it. And for that, we'll need to go into
13. 0:39the quicksill. So, let's go ahead and
14. 0:41open that up. Quicksill bridge like so.
15. 0:44And I think we can just search for stone
16. 0:46moss
17. 0:48like so. And we can also add a wall. So,
18. 0:51stone, moss, wall. Using these three key
19. 0:55searches, we can probably find the ones
20. 0:58that we want. So, there you go. We're
21. 1:00going to find ourselves the mossy stone
22. 1:02wall. And if we were to click on it,
23. 1:05we're going to make use out of that. So,
24. 1:06let's go ahead and make sure we download
25. 1:08this. And within it, we're going to find
26. 1:10the related assets. There are two
27. 1:12variations, but we'll only need one of
28. 1:13them. And that is going to be this one
29. 1:16over here. So, let's go ahead and make
30. 1:18sure we download them. And there's a
31. 1:20third variation though, but I think we
32. 1:23can get away with just using two
33. 1:25variations. So, let's go ahead and just
34. 1:26use these two over here. So, once we
35. 1:28have them downloaded, let's go ahead and
36. 1:30add them both onto our project like so.
37. 1:33And then afterwards, let's go ahead and
38. 1:35close this down and make use out of
39. 1:37them. So, right away within the 3D
40. 1:40assets, we're going to get ourselves the
41. 1:42mossy stone wall, the first one and the
42. 1:44second one. Both of them the variations.
43. 1:47And we're going to just simply start off
44. 1:49by bringing them into the world and see
45. 1:52how they look like. So by default, one
46. 1:54might look like it's a different color,
47. 1:56but that is because it's set up in a way
48. 1:59that there's moss only on one end. So
49. 2:02we, as we can see that there's moss over
50. 2:04here, for example, but there isn't as
51. 2:06much over here. So what we need to do is
52. 2:08actually I think we're just going to
53. 2:10start off by selecting one of them and
54. 2:12just rotating them by 180° like so.
55. 2:16That way we'll have moss on both ends
56. 2:18because when we're going to be placing
57. 2:20them up, we'll want to make sure that
58. 2:22the moss is being placed on the sides of
59. 2:25the house. And that'll make sure that'll
60. 2:27just mean that we can't make use out of
61. 2:30this end of the wall because it's not as
62. 2:33small. It's not going to fit quite as
63. 2:35nice with the rest of the ends. So,
64. 2:38let's go ahead and just straight up make
65. 2:40use out of these. And actually, I think
66. 2:42before doing that, let's go ahead and
67. 2:43make sure we select both of them and
68. 2:45change up the scale. I think they're
69. 2:47going to be a little bit too small by
70. 2:48default. So, we're going to change up
71. 2:50the scale from one and set it up to
72. 2:531.25. Maybe that might look much nicer
73. 2:57in regards to how the house would look
74. 2:59like. Or we might even try using 1.5
75. 3:02instead. And I'm just going to bring
76. 3:05them next to the house to see how they
77. 3:06look like. Let's just make sure that we
78. 3:08are placing it into the terrain itself.
79. 3:11And after having a look at it, we might
80. 3:14actually be able to get away with this.
81. 3:16I think that would look quite nice all
82. 3:18in all. So, let's go ahead and make use
83. 3:19out of this kind of a scale as 1.5.
84. 3:23So, we have one longer and one shorter
85. 3:26end of the mossy stone wall. And with
86. 3:30the shorter one, we're just going to
87. 3:31make use out of it and place it at the
88. 3:33end of a shorter wall like so. Of
89. 3:36course, by default, this might be a
90. 3:39little bit too much, too long. So, we're
91. 3:40going to click R and slightly squish it
92. 3:43down just like that. So, let's just make
93. 3:46sure we not overdo it because otherwise,
94. 3:48if we just squish it too much, it will
95. 3:49look too too
96. 3:52unnatural as a type of a rock formation.
97. 3:54So, we don't want to make use out of
98. 3:57that too much. And we just want to make
99. 3:58it look organic like it's been placed,
100. 4:00like nice type of stones that aren't
101. 4:02squished down. So, I think by doing it
102. 4:05just a little bit, it's going to look
103. 4:06quite all right. But we do want to me
104. 4:08leave some gaps off on the ends. That
105. 4:11way, we'll be able to build off the
106. 4:13sides as well. And we also want to make
107. 4:15sure that we place it on the side of the
108. 4:19house and not too much into it.
109. 4:21Otherwise, we're not going to have a
110. 4:23real nice result for breaking off the
111. 4:25edges. So, this way, if we place it just
112. 4:27on on the side like so, we're going to
113. 4:29get some nice results for the house. So,
114. 4:32now that we have the first house, the
115. 4:34first wall done, we're going to move on.
116. 4:36And actually,
117. 4:38we're going to switch it on over here as
118. 4:41well. That's going to be another short
119. 4:42wall. Or actually, we might even use a
120. 4:45short wall over here. I'm currently
121. 4:48thinking if that's a good idea, we might
122. 4:49need to just make use out of a longer
123. 4:51wall. So, let's try using a longer wall
124. 4:53over here and see how this goes. Plus,
125. 4:56because it's a different variation,
126. 4:58we're going to get a different kind of
127. 4:59result. And so the pattern is not going
128. 5:01to be repeated as much. We're going to
129. 5:03get a much more organic of a result if
130. 5:05we just break off the variations using
131. 5:08different types of meshes.
132. 5:10So I think we can just place this into
133. 5:12the house like so. And that might look
134. 5:15quite nice. And then we can just bring
135. 5:18this outwards like so. Holding alt and
136. 5:21making a duplicate out of it. And then
137. 5:24slightly rotating it like so. And
138. 5:26bringing it outwards. So, because this
139. 5:28is quite a high dens uh mesh, we're
140. 5:31going to get some really nice results
141. 5:33for how they interact with one another.
142. 5:36And the seams are going to be really
143. 5:38nice placed together. So, if we were to
144. 5:40go to the wireframe mode, we can see the
145. 5:42type of a density within our mesh, which
146. 5:45actually is quite nice. So, I'm just
147. 5:48going to go back into the lit mode and
148. 5:50see the results. And for this one, we
149. 5:53might need to
150. 5:55Yeah, let's go ahead and grab the
151. 5:57shorter one and slightly lower it down.
152. 5:58I think we want to keep more or less the
153. 6:01same sort of a height or even a little
154. 6:04bit shorter. Actually, just trying to
155. 6:07think which way would look best because
156. 6:10we're just trying to get some real nice
157. 6:12seams in a corner. And actually,
158. 6:16we might want to bring this outwards
159. 6:18just a little bit more. or we're going
160. 6:21to leave it as is for now and figure out
161. 6:23how we're going to attach them on the
162. 6:26end. I think we might even want to bring
163. 6:29this inwards even more. So, we' have a
164. 6:32really nice edge over here. I think
165. 6:35that's going to work quite nice. So, now
166. 6:37we're just going to set it up like so
167. 6:39for now. And we're going to have a nice
168. 6:41door on this edge. So, for now, let's
169. 6:43not worry about it too much about this
170. 6:46edge and continue placing these types of
171. 6:49stone walls around it as a base of the
172. 6:51house. And the other end is quite long.
173. 6:54So, let's go ahead and grab the longer
174. 6:56area like so. Hold alt and make a
175. 6:59duplicate out of it. And of course,
176. 7:00because this isn't a mossy end, we're
177. 7:02going to rotate this around. Of course,
178. 7:05while doing those uh this kind of a
179. 7:07thing, because we're only using one end,
180. 7:09we might be worried a little bit about
181. 7:11the repetitiveness of the entire mesh
182. 7:13because we're only using this one and we
183. 7:15can't have a lot of variations. But by
184. 7:18just simply using two assets, two
185. 7:20meshes, we might get away with it.
186. 7:22Especially since this is quite a noisy
187. 7:25type of a mesh, has a lot of detail
188. 7:27within it. So, it's quite hard to see
189. 7:29the pattern within it. and it is in turn
190. 7:33not quite as noticeable when we have
191. 7:36multiple of the assets set one next to
192. 7:38each other. So, we're going to make a
193. 7:40duplicate again next to one another like
194. 7:43so. We're going to grab both of them,
195. 7:45click R, and then squish them together
196. 7:48like so. Because otherwise, I think that
197. 7:50would have been a little bit too long of
198. 7:52a side of the wall. And I think in turn
199. 7:56if we make it like so, we're going to
200. 7:58get some really nice results. So just
201. 8:01like that, we're able to get some nice
202. 8:02results. I think we're going to get this
203. 8:05along wall as well in a similar kind of
204. 8:07manner. So I'm going to grab both of
205. 8:08them actually holding alt and making a
206. 8:10duplicate.
207. 8:12Rotate them 90°. Click W and place them
208. 8:17just like that. So, I think
209. 8:21this is going to give us some really
210. 8:23nice results. Let's just make sure that
211. 8:25we're having them placed normally and
212. 8:28that's not going to affect the sides of
213. 8:31the walls too much. So, we're just going
214. 8:32to squish it down a little bit like so.
215. 8:36And I'm just going to grab both of them
216. 8:38and position them just a little bit like
217. 8:41so. Now, this might be going on top of
218. 8:45one another. So, I'm just going to grab
219. 8:47both of them. Kind of drag it to the
220. 8:49side like so. And because actually drag
221. 8:53it even more,
222. 8:56just like that. Or to the front. I don't
223. 8:59quite like the way this is interacting.
224. 9:01So, I'm actually going to raise this up
225. 9:03quite a bit. And I think, yeah, let's go
226. 9:05ahead and leave this shorter end at the
227. 9:08very top. This way, we get some really
228. 9:10nice interactions with one another and
229. 9:12some really nice seams. So, I think now
230. 9:15that we have this end kind of sorted,
231. 9:17we're just going to make sure we got the
232. 9:18other end sorted as well. And that's why
233. 9:21I think we're only going to be changing
234. 9:23up the scale for this end only. So, we
235. 9:26wouldn't be touching the other end of
236. 9:28the seam. And I think we're just going
237. 9:31to click R, scale it down just a little
238. 9:34bit, like so. We might even just drag it
239. 9:37downwards just a little bit. And I think
240. 9:41that's not going to be quite as
241. 9:42noticeable.
242. 9:43But in turn, we're going to get some
243. 9:45nice seam result over here. So, I think
244. 9:47I'll quite like that a lot. And of
245. 9:50course, let's not forget to add a stone
246. 9:52wall over in this end as well. So, we're
247. 9:55going to grab actually let's go ahead
248. 9:57and grab a shorter one and place it on
249. 10:00this end as well.
250. 10:02And if it's not long enough, we might
251. 10:05just get away with stretching it out to
252. 10:08the side. And I think that will work out
253. 10:10quite nicely. Of course, we got to place
254. 10:13it into the wall just like that and
255. 10:17stretch it out to see if it will work
256. 10:19out. So, just doing it like so. The
257. 10:22scale is 1.53.
258. 10:26I think that's totally okay since the
259. 10:28rest of them are 1.5 as well. We didn't
260. 10:30stretch it out too much. But looking at
261. 10:33the seam, I don't quite like the way it
262. 10:35looks. This end is quite nice, but this
263. 10:38end is not. I might just get away with
264. 10:42moving it to the end a little bit like
265. 10:44so and then checking the other end. And
266. 10:46I quite like the way this turned out. So
267. 10:48yeah, let's go ahead and leave it as is.
268. 10:50And then in the next lesson, we're going
269. 10:52to continue breaking off the edges and
270. 10:54getting a more natural look out of this
271. 10:55hut. And we're going to get some beams,
272. 10:58wooden beams on the sides of the walls.
273. 11:00So yeah, thank you so much for watching
274. 11:02and I'll see you in a bit.