Unreal Bridge

The World Creator Bridge for Unreal Engine allows you to seamlessly import your terrain creations into Unreal Engine for use in your game projects.

Installation

• Close Unreal Engine if it's open.

• Go to your Unreal project folder and create a folder called Plugins (if you don't have one already).

• Copy the WorldCreatorBridge folder from the unzipped bridge file into the Plugins folder.

The Bridge dialog is located under Window -> World Creator Bridge.

Parameters

• Actor Name

  Specify the prefix of the terrain gameobject in the level.

• Material Name

  Enter the name of the created material for the terrain texture.

• Import Textures

  If this value is True, the bridge imports textures from World Creator. Set this to False if you do not intend to use the textures from World Creator; or if you have already imported them and do not want to import them again.

• Quats/Section

  This value defines the size of Unreal's internal terrain components.

• Terrain Size

  Adjust the size of each terrain created in Unreal.

• Import Layers

  When enabled, the bridge will import textures that correspond to layers in World Creator. Otherwise, the texture will be imported as a single image without being split into separate layers.

• World Partition

  Choose whether or not to utilize Unreal's World Partition system.

• Create Minimap

  This option is applicable only when using the World Partitioning tool. Select to generate a world partition minimap or not. The minimap facilitates the loading and unloading of terrain tiles.

• World Scale

  Establishes the scale factor for the terrain.

Workflow Example

This example shows how to transfer terrain into Unreal Engine. The Canyon sample file that comes with World Creator will be used. These steps can be applied to any other World Creator project.

Sync from World Creator

Click the sync button in the application bar at the top of the main panel to export all necessary data from World Creator automatically.

The World Creator scene before the sync

Sync into Unreal Engine

To access the Bridge dialog window, navigate to Window->World Creator Bridge.

Configure the bridge parameters to your preferred settings. Press the Synchronize button once you're finished, and the terrain will load into the scene.

Synced terrain in Unreal Engine