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0:07[music]
0:14[music]
0:15Welcome back everyone to Unreal Engine 5
0:17beginner's guide to building an
0:18environment. In the last lesson, we left
0:20it off by familiarizing ourselves with
0:23the overall software and its viewport.
0:26And now we're actually going to begin
0:27working on the project itself. So before
0:30we do that, I reckon that instead of
0:32using this entire level, which already
0:34has a template objects within it, it
0:37might be easier to start off by getting
0:39ourselves a brand new template with no
0:42assets within it. So we're going to go
0:45onto the upper left corner. We're going
0:47to click on file and we're going to
0:49select new level and then we're going to
0:51make sure we select basic. Once we have
0:54that, we're going to click create and
0:56get ourselves an entire new level with
0:58no template or any of the additional
1:01assets. It's just a nice sky that
1:04already has a default lighting and a
1:06simple square for us to work on. So,
1:09right now, we're going to be working on
1:11creating a simple gray box for our
1:14environment. And we're going to do that
1:17by getting ourselves a primitive shape
1:19to work with. And then we're just going
1:21to use basic objects and build it up
1:24just to get an overall idea of what
1:26we're going to be working with. So to
1:28start off, we're going to click on the
1:30plus icon within the upper left corner
1:33and we're going to hover over the shapes
1:36and we're going to get ourselves a cube.
1:38By clicking on it, we're going to get
1:40ourselves a cube right in the middle of
1:43our viewport. Then if we want, we can
1:46start it off by getting ourselves the
1:47cube within the center of the world. All
1:50we're going to do is within the bottom
1:51right corner within the details tab,
1:53we're going to go onto the
1:55transformations tab, which is located at
1:58the very top of our details tab, and
2:00we're going to reset the location to
2:03this default 0000 values. We can do so
2:06by clicking on reset this property to
2:08its default value button over here. And
2:12once we do that, we're going to get
2:13ourselves an object right in the middle
2:15of our world. Now, if we want our camera
2:18to be positioned to the center of that
2:20object, we can click F and it'll
2:23automatically snap our camera with our
2:26selection to be positioned within the
2:29center of our camera. So, now that we
2:31have it like so, we're going to start
2:34off by getting some elevation. So, we're
2:36going to create ourselves an environment
2:38in which we'll have a nice hut at the
2:41top and then we'll also have a water
2:44area with a bridge hanging from it. So,
2:47what we're going to do in order for us
2:49to set that up, we're going to get
2:51ourselves an elevation using those
2:53cubes. And firstly, actually, let's go
2:55ahead and make this entire cube a little
2:57bit larger. We can click R to go into
3:01the scale mode. And then in the gizmo
3:04between the red and the green gizmo
3:07sections, there is a middle section over
3:10here. And if we were to click and hold,
3:12we can upscale our entire cube, which
3:14will only do it in the X and Y values.
3:18This way, we're basically stretching our
3:20entire cube in the way that wouldn't
3:22affect the Z values. And we're able to
3:25do this. we get a nice foundation that
3:27although we have already set up a
3:29foundation, we're going to set up our
3:31own primitive shapes and just have it
3:33kind of nicely positioned within our
3:35world. So reckon we can just continue
3:38scaling this up until we get a value of
3:41let's say we can have a value of six.
3:43And if we were to press play, we can see
3:45the type of a scale we have. Actually,
3:47let's go ahead and upscale this even
3:49more up to a value of 10. I think that's
3:53going to do much better for us. So,
3:56there you go. We're going to have this
3:58kind of a small platform to work with.
4:01Then, after we have this, we're going to
4:02click W to go into our move gizmo tool,
4:06and we're going to hold Alt and move our
4:10cube sideways, which will duplicate it.
4:12Now, to redo it, I'll just click Ctrl Z
4:15to undo my previous action, and then
4:18I'll do it again. So, while holding alt,
4:20I'm actually just going to uh click and
4:23drag onto this green arrow over here and
4:25just move it sideways like so. And if
4:28you notice, I have some snapping turned
4:31on. So, I'm using the upper right corner
4:33for the snapping. And all of these are
4:36turned on with the default settings on.
4:39And later on when when we will want to
4:41turn them off, we'll be able to do just
4:42that. But for now, it'll help us to kind
4:44of position all of our assets properly
4:46and kind of help us to work within a
4:49restricted space. This speed up our
4:51overall process for uh setting up our
4:54gray box. So, now that we have two
4:56cubes, we're going to position another
4:58cube slightly higher than the previous
5:01one. And we're actually going to click
5:02R. And this time, I think we can just
5:05extend it in the Z value, which will
5:07make this a bit higher, like so. and
5:10we're going to position it just to the
5:13side of our other cube. Just like that.
5:15So, it doesn't have to be perfect. We're
5:17just using them as a base. And so, this
5:19way we're going to have some elevation.
5:21So, now what we're going to do is we're
5:23going to set up location for where we
5:25want our objects to go. And I think we
5:27can start off by clicking on the plus,
5:31getting ourselves a new cube. Just going
5:33to create a new one. And this way, we
5:36won't have to worry too much about
5:38scaling. And now we're just going to
5:40squish it down a little bit and use the
5:42X scaling just to kind of stretch it out
5:44to the side. And we'll start off by
5:47getting ourselves kind of a basic shape
5:49for the bridge. I think that's the
5:51nicest way to start it off. So I'm
5:54thinking is we'll probably want to have
5:56the bridge to be touching the upper
5:59section of this overall platform and
6:02we'll want it to be seted up just right
6:05to the side of this area over here. Now,
6:08by default, both of the materials are
6:10going to be white. So, it's going to be
6:12somewhat hard to see. So, what I
6:14recommend doing is if we go to the
6:16details tab, we can scroll down a little
6:18bit to the material section. And by
6:21clicking on this tab over here, we open
6:23up all the default Unreal Engine
6:25materials that it has. Now, if we were
6:28to scroll through this entire list,
6:31we'll get ourselves basic shape material
6:33instance. And this one by default is
6:36going to give us a really nice base for
6:38the gray type of material. So we can
6:40just work with these two kind of colors
6:42to get a nice contrast and just kind of
6:44set up the overall shape that we want
6:46our structure to be set up in. And right
6:50now we're just going to use them to get
6:52ourselves a real nice uh kind of a gray
6:55box. And we're just going to extend this
6:58just a little bit more. I'm going to go
7:00right over this area and click play just
7:03to see how my character is going to look
7:05like in regards to the overall scale. I
7:08think this is quite nice. But we
7:10probably want it to be extended just a
7:13little bit more. Like so. And actually,
7:16not only that, we should probably have
7:19some bit of a bridge to be going
7:20sideways as well to go deeper into the
7:23waters where we'll have our water body.
7:26So, what we're going to do is we're
7:28going to hold Alt and we're going to
7:30drag it outside like so to make a
7:32duplicate out of this asset. Then, we're
7:34going to position it sideways like so.
7:36Because we have a snapping tool on, it's
7:38going to allow us to rotate it by 90°
7:41and we'll get it perpendicular to the
7:44other asset. So, now we have it like so.
7:46I think we can raise it up just a little
7:48bit like so and drag it to the side.
7:52Now, by the looks of it, this might be a
7:53little bit too long. So, what I'm going
7:55to do is I'm going to click R and squish
7:57this bridge just a little bit down like
7:59so and put it to the side just like
8:01that. Now, as for the house, I'm
8:04actually going to uh yeah, I'm going to
8:07duplicate the same bridge area that I
8:10had. And I'm going to position it right
8:13on top of this area like so. And I'm
8:16going to stretch it out. And actually,
8:18I'm just going to make it into this sort
8:20of a cube like so.
8:22And if the platform that we're having is
8:24not big enough, we can always make it
8:26larger. So I'm actually going to grab
8:29both of these platforms like so. Click R
8:31and stretch them out to the side like
8:33so. So this way we'll have a better
8:35understanding on how our house is going
8:38to look like within this environment. So
8:41right now we have a couple of cubes set
8:43up and I'm thinking that maybe we're
8:46going to have this house a little bit
8:48more to the side like so. And the way
8:51I'm thinking to have our structure is I
8:54want to have a little bit of a house
8:56extended to the side. And then I want to
9:00have some area for where we we'll have
9:03our rooftop just as an outside area for
9:06our location for our structure with like
9:09a nice bench and a fireplace setup. And
9:12then we'll have another location for a
9:17house structure just to cover up the
9:18side. So, we're going to actually
9:20duplicate this uh cube and set it up in
9:23the way that's going to be. Actually,
9:25let's go ahead and rotate it like so.
9:28And we're going to set it up to be
9:30sideways and position it just like that.
9:33So, now with this on, we can kind of
9:36visualize how it's going to look like.
9:38And I'm think yeah, let's go ahead and
9:40speed up the process a little bit and uh
9:43get some more assets within this area.
9:45So I think firstly I just want to kind
9:47of position this bridge a little bit
9:49more to the front. I want the end bit to
9:51be going backwards but I don't want it
9:53to be completely to the side because we
9:56want to break up the entire silhouette
9:58of our environment. And right now we're
10:00just playing around with the shapes
10:02trying to get overall design the way we
10:04want it to be and how it's going to be
10:06set up within our environment. And
10:08actually I just wanted to bring it just
10:09a little bit back. And I think we might
10:11have some like foliage sitting in the
10:13front and that will help us to kind of
10:14break apart this empty wall over here.
10:17And I think we might have some foliage
10:19over here in this distance as well. And
10:21actually, yeah, I think we can just
10:23bring this up just a little bit more
10:24because I want to have a type of a door
10:28here as an entrance. And this will help
10:31us to kind of see how our entire
10:34building is going to look like. So, I'm
10:36thinking that this might look quite all
10:38right. We might want to extend this by a
10:40little bit like so. We don't want to
10:43overdo it. We just want it to have a
10:45kind of a casual structure like so. And
10:47now what we can do is we can just make
10:49use out of the rest of the assets. And
10:51actually I'm just going to duplicate
10:53this bridge and make it into a smaller
10:58cube like so. Or even I'm just going to
11:01scroll up within the transformations tab
11:03within the details panel. And I'd like
11:06us to reset the scale transformation. So
11:09by clicking on this reset icon over
11:10here, we're just going to get ourselves
11:11a default cube with which if we were to
11:15just scale it like this, we'll get be
11:17able to get a nice sort of a support for
11:20our entire bridge. Like so. I think we
11:24can just lower this down like this and
11:26get a nice kind of a support. We don't
11:28have to worry about it going inside of
11:30the floor too much. we just have to
11:32focus on a overall kind of a shape of
11:35our setup for the environment. So the
11:38reason we do our gray boxes usually is
11:41to get an overall kind of a flow of how
11:43we want our entire environment to be
11:45structured. And this way it'll help us
11:48to focus on setting up our other assets
11:53later on and we wouldn't have to worry
11:54about it too much on how the overall
11:57aesthetic would be coming up together.
11:59So right now we're just playing around
12:01with the shapes, getting the overall
12:03design set up, and this will just help
12:06us to ease off our process later on. So
12:09right now, we're just playing around
12:11with the shapes like so. And I think we
12:13can have something like this. We don't
12:15want to have too many of these poles in
12:18here, but I definitely think we need to
12:21have some of them in this area over
12:24here. One on one end and one on the
12:26other. And then we can grab both of them
12:28while holding shift and we're actually
12:32sorry I'm just going to click Ctrl Z to
12:33undo my selection. Then I'm going to
12:35hold alt and drag it out like so to make
12:38a duplicate. And actually this one isn't
12:40touching because obviously it's a little
12:42bit higher. So we're just going to raise
12:44it up a little bit. And I'm just going
12:46to duplicate this like so. And see how
12:49this looks like from a distance. Yeah, I
12:51think this is just enough. We don't need
12:53to overdo it too much. You might want to
12:56have the pattern to be a bit more
12:58centered like so. So the g uh the gaps
13:00would be more or less spaced out nicely
13:04in between one another. I think that's
13:05going to look just quite nice. Okay. So
13:09now to break off the solar for this
13:11area, we're going to get ourselves
13:14another cube. Actually, we're just going
13:15to duplicate the area from this bridge
13:19and we're going to set it up as a nice
13:22kind of a roof that we're going to be
13:24using.
13:27Like so.
13:29Now, by default, the Unreal Engine
13:31doesn't have a lot of uh choices for the
13:33gray boxing, and since it is a game
13:37engine, it won't have a lot of modeling
13:39functionality. We can increase that
13:41though by using a plugin for modeling
13:44toolkit. But I'm going to show you how
13:47to enable that in our next lesson. And
13:50we're going to make use out of more
13:53interesting shapes to build ourselves a
13:55roof for this area. And then we're just
13:56going to play around with the basics of
13:58a modeling toolkit. So, thank you so
14:00much for watching and I'll see you in a
14:02bit.

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