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0:05[music]
0:11[music]
0:15Welcome back everyone to Unreal Engine 5
0:17beginner's guide to building an
0:19environment. In the last lesson, we left
0:21it off by creating some of the basic
0:22shapes for our environment, which we're
0:24going to use as a base gray box within
0:27our scene to set up our assets. But
0:30right now, we're not quite done just
0:31yet. We need to figure out how we're
0:32going to set up this roof, and we're
0:34going to continue working on this gray
0:36box. But before doing that though, we
0:38need to set up ourselves a modeling
0:40mode. So, by clicking on this button
0:43over here, if you're not seeing a
0:44modeling uh toolkit tab, then we need to
0:47make sure we enable ourselves a modeling
0:49plugin. And we can do so by going into
0:52the edit tab, clicking on plugins, and
0:55then we're going to search for modeling
0:58like so. We're going to get ourselves
1:00modeling toolkits editor mode. So, we're
1:03going to make sure we have this enabled.
1:06We're going to click yes. And then on on
1:09the right bottom right corner is going
1:11to be something that says you must
1:13restart your Unreal Engine to take
1:15effect. What you're going to have to do
1:17is click uh restart now which will make
1:20sure that it will enable the entire
1:23plugin. So just make sure you have this
1:25enabled. And I think it'll actually ask
1:28you to save out your level as well. So
1:31before moving on, I totally forgot to
1:33save out this level because actually if
1:36we were to close this down, we're going
1:37to click Ctrl and S and it's going to
1:40open up save as and that will just
1:42simply ask us on where we want to save
1:45the level. So since we haven't had it
1:48saved, we just need to make sure we
1:50click save. And it's just going to give
1:52us the default name of new map. Then
1:54actually afterwards, in order for us to
1:57make sure that every time we open up
1:59this project, it loads up within this
2:01specific level, we're going to go on the
2:04upper left corner, click windows, and
2:07make sure that sorry, we need to go on
2:10the edit and we're going to go onto the
2:12project settings and within it, we're
2:15going to click all settings and then
2:17we're going to scroll down until we get
2:20to default maps. So, it's not too far
2:22off. Or we could actually just search
2:24for default maps. And that'll just open
2:28up this entire tab. And we'll want to
2:31make sure we change edit editor startup
2:33map and game default map. So, if we were
2:35to change both of them to new level,
2:39and then the second one, click on the
2:42third person map. Select new map. And
2:45we're going to get both of them saved
2:47up. Now, whenever we open up this
2:49project again, it's just going to put
2:51our entire level that we have currently,
2:55and it'll just open up our project
2:57throughout this scene. So, now we can
3:00click Ctrl and S to make sure it's saved
3:01out. And this will just basically
3:04contain our entire level like so. So,
3:06now going back to what we had to the
3:10modeling mode. And once we had it
3:11restarted and the plug-in enabled, we're
3:14going to get ourselves within this uh
3:16select mode tab. If we were to click on
3:18it, we're going to get ourselves the
3:20modeling mode. We're going to get
3:21ourselves a new window with a bunch of
3:23options and to be honest, there's so
3:25many of them to use. It just has some
3:28really nice functionality and we're
3:30going to go throughout through them
3:32within the course for some of them at
3:33least show you the basic use out of the
3:36modeling mode. So right now what we want
3:39is we just want to make use out of new
3:42shapes. And we'll start off by creating
3:44ourselves a box just like we did
3:46previously. If we were to click on the
3:48box and then we have a bunch of output
3:51options to choose from. By default it's
3:54going to be set with the width depth and
3:56height as 100 and the usual subdivision
3:59of 11 one. So that will just give us a
4:01basic, very basic cube with the standard
4:04type of vertices. And we want to keep
4:06them as is. We also want to make sure
4:08that we keep this as a static mesh.
4:10Otherwise, it's not going to give us the
4:12right type of a mesh. And if we scroll
4:14down, we get other options like
4:16positioning and whatnot and how we want
4:19it to be placed. But we're going to keep
4:21that as is. And then later on, once we
4:23place it within our scene, we'll be able
4:25to get ourselves a mesh. And we're going
4:27to keep the rest as is. We don't want
4:29any of the materials since we are using
4:31it only for the gray box. And basically
4:33once we get everything sorted, the main
4:35thing that we want to make sure though
4:37within this tab is that at the very
4:40bottom where it says new asset location,
4:42we want to make sure that it is set with
4:44autogen folder that is world relative.
4:47So that'll generate ourselves a folder
4:49which we're going to make use out of.
4:51And whenever we create a new primitive
4:53shape using the modeling mode, it'll
4:55basically generate everything within
4:57that folder. So after which after we're
5:00happy with that, and actually just want
5:01to let you know if you don't have a
5:04level saved up, that will not work quite
5:07as well. It won't it will try to save up
5:09within the default engines folder
5:11because it won't be able to find where
5:13the level is located. But yeah, once we
5:16have the autogenerated folder set to
5:18world relative, we will we will want to
5:21click once within our world and that'll
5:23spawn us a cube. And then right away,
5:25we'll just want to click complete to
5:28make sure that within our static mesh
5:30that we just created, it only has this
5:31one type of mesh. So once we hit
5:34complete, we're going to get ourselves a
5:35simple cube, which might look like it's
5:38the same one like we used previously.
5:40But what this cube will allow us to do
5:42is because it generated ourselves a
5:44static mesh within this folder over
5:46here. It'll help us to modify our entire
5:51mesh uh later on using the modeling
5:54mode. So right now we can actually do
5:56that right away if we were to click W
5:58and position our cube to be at the very
6:02top of this building like so. Just going
6:06to position it just like that. And now
6:09we can make some adjustments to it. So
6:13the next thing that I'd like ush to do
6:15using the modeling tool is make use out
6:18of the try model functionality. So, if
6:21you scroll down until we get to this
6:23tab, there are a couple of choices. And
6:26now we're going to be using tryedit.
6:29Were to select. We're going to get
6:30ourselves a tab as well as the selection
6:33for this box that we had of a static
6:37mesh. It's going to be highlighted.
6:38Since we had it selected, it's going to
6:40give us a choice to edit it. So right
6:43now we can either hover over vertices,
6:45edges or the faces themselves since all
6:48of them are selected within the
6:50selection filter within this tab. And
6:53there are also a bunch of other options
6:54that we can make use out of like
6:56extrude, offset, and even insert to
6:59modify this mesh. But right now, the
7:01only thing that we want to do is make
7:02sure we grab the vertices and kind of
7:04squish them down to get it as a base for
7:08our rooftop. So, what we're going to do
7:10is actually we're going to go onto the
7:12selection filtered on the left corner.
7:14We're going to untick the edges and the
7:16faces. So, we only have vertices
7:19selected. Now, once we uh click and hold
7:22and then drag it across the top, we're
7:25going to make a square selection, a box
7:28type of selection across the very top
7:30section of the faces. And I think even
7:32if we don't see those vertices, we can
7:34still make that selection. And that is
7:36because the marquee ignore occlusion is
7:41ticked on as this as this one should be
7:44ticked on. And I think if we don't have
7:46this ticked on, we won't be able to
7:49select the faces in the back. So just
7:50make sure you have this ticked on. And
7:53anyway, we're going to just simply make
7:55a selection like that, which will give
7:56us this sort of a gizmo. Now with this
7:58gizmo, it's basically everything in one
8:01area. the rotation, the transformation,
8:04and the scaling for the gizmos, all of
8:06them in one area. So, the square icons
8:11that are located to the side of the
8:12gizmo are going to be controlling uh
8:15basically the scaling itself, the square
8:18ones over here. So, we can use that to
8:21scale it up and down. And then we have a
8:25rotation gizmo that is represented by
8:28this type of an orb which we can use to
8:31rotate it around. Of course, because we
8:32have this type of selection, we're not
8:34going to have a lot of results.
8:37But right now, because we're only
8:39manipulating the top, obviously the
8:40bottom section is not going to be
8:42affected. And then finally, at the very
8:44center of this gizmo, we have
8:46transformation tool or the movement of
8:49this entire selection. So, I'm just
8:52going to click Ctrl Z to undo my actions
8:55like so. And basically, all we want to
8:58do is make use out of the scaling. And
9:01we're just going to make use out of this
9:02green one over here to kind of squish it
9:04down entirely like so. Actually, not
9:06entirely. We're going to leave it this
9:08kind of a small gap in the middle. I
9:11think that's going to be quite all
9:12right. Or maybe even more. I'm just
9:14going to grab back the vertices and
9:16squish them down like so. So, now we
9:19have it like this. We can go ahead and
9:21hit accept. And because we had the new
9:25asset location set to the same folder,
9:28which it should be done because uh we
9:30had it previously selected. So if I were
9:32to go back onto the try select edit,
9:35it's going to, as you can see at the
9:36very bottom, new asset location going to
9:38have the same kind of a choice. And
9:40because we had it previously selected,
9:42it should be saved up as our previous
9:45type of a choice, which was autogenerate
9:47folder world relative. So if I were to
9:49go onto this folder, we see that the new
9:51static mesh that we just created is
9:53going to be placed within this area. And
9:56so now what that means is that we can
9:58just basically put it outwards and it'll
10:01give us the exact same kind of a static
10:02mesh that we have over here. And
10:05actually for now it's going to be enough
10:07from the modeling mode. It takes up a
10:09lot of our space within our viewport. So
10:11I'm just going to go back onto the
10:12select mode which we can do so from the
10:15upper left corner. And if we were to
10:17click on the modeling mode, uh, click
10:20select, and that'll give us the back the
10:22selection mode. So with this, we can now
10:25select our static mesh that we had
10:27previously. And I'm just going to click
10:29R to go into this gizmo and actually
10:31just extend it quite a bit to be kind of
10:35covering the side of this area. And I'm
10:38just thinking of how our roof is going
10:40to be going. Obviously, we want it to be
10:42going kind of more to the width of this
10:45entire structure. So, I think as a
10:47starting point, this will be quite all
10:49right. And then the next step is going
10:52to actually we're going to want to make
10:54sure we extend it by quite a bit. Not by
10:57too much, but where the middle section
10:59of this roof ends because the next part
11:02is going to be setting up the other part
11:05of the roof. So, I'm just going to
11:07really quickly grab and rotate this
11:10around and set it up to be sideways like
11:13so. And then just position this roof
11:15over here. Because this structure is a
11:17bit longer, we're actually going to
11:19extend it just a little bit more. And
11:22just going to bring this entire roof all
11:24the way to the back. And extend it a
11:26little bit as well, actually. Like so.
11:29And there you have it. We have a basic
11:32roof which we're going to be using as a
11:35sort of a placement for how we're going
11:37to build up our assets. And actually, I
11:39want to make sure that this roof is
11:40being supported. So, I'm just going to
11:42grab a quick support and set it up over
11:45here as well. Like so.
11:49And looking at it back, we might need to
11:53Yeah, let's go ahead and actually make
11:55this roof a little bit longer and extend
11:58it to the back this way. Actually make
12:01this a little bit larger. Like so.
12:04Just like that. By playing around with
12:06the shapes, we can like get a nicer type
12:08of silhouette. And I'm thinking that we
12:10can actually extend this roof just a
12:12little bit more to the side like so. or
12:15even
12:16I'm thinking of the way we can make use
12:18out of this roof. And I don't want them
12:21to be too different looking, but I think
12:24yeah, we can go ahead and extend that. I
12:26was thinking that the slope uh because
12:28it's going to look quite a bit different
12:29from this one. It might not look quite
12:31as nice. But that's why we're playing
12:33around with the shapes, trying to figure
12:35out how it's going to look like. And I
12:37just want to get a bit of this roof to
12:40go outside of it, like so. And then I
12:43want to have a sort of a hanging point
12:45for over here. So this way we're
12:47breaking out the silhouette. I'm
12:48actually going to press G to make sure
12:50my selection goes away and we can kind
12:53of visualize how the entire scene would
12:55look like. And yeah, we already have a
12:58kind of a nice setup over here. So I
13:00think right now we can uh continue on
13:02playing around with the landscape this
13:04time and kind of get the terrain sorted
13:06as well for the overall environment. So
13:09that's going to be it for this lesson.
13:11Thanks so much for watching and I'll see
13:13you in a bit.
13:16[music]

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