Sculpt

Overview

Sculpt Layers enable you to design a terrain from scratch or modify an existing terrain you created procedurally to fit your requirements. As the name suggests, sculpt layers enable you to sculpt the terrain. You can use your mouse and keyboard, but it is recommended to employ a graphics tablet, such as the Wacom Cintiq Pro (World Creator also supports other graphics tablets).

Video Guides

World Creator Guide

Guide by Design with TP

Layer Parameters

Sculpt Settings

Allows you to import/export and edit the sculpt layer.

Layer Settings

Properties	Description
Resolution	Allows you to set the resolution of the sculpt layer, increase this to sculpt with finer detail.
Base Shape Preview	Stops World Creator from applying its filters while moving the area or sculpting the terrain. This improves the performance on GPUs with lower specifications.

Usually a resolution 32x32px is enough since you most of the time want shape layers to operate on the lower level steps so that World Creators filter stack has enough levels to operate on.

Editing Parameters

Brush Tools

Classical brush tools like in other applications. Choose your preferred tool by clicking on it, and then draw with your mouse (press the left mouse button on the terrain). The following functions are available:

Properties	Description
Raise	Adds material to the terrain.
Lower	Removes material from the terrain.
Smooth	Averages the height under the brush.
Flatten	Flattens the terrain according to the Flatten Height in the parameters below.
Rotate	Lets you rotate the terrain in your brush radius around your clicked point.
Scale	Scales the terrain in your brush radius from the point where you clicked
Tilt	Tilts the brush area towards the mouse. Move the mouse outwards to increase the slope.
Push/Pull	Allows you to drag & drop the terrain up/down.
Align	Flattens the terrain according to the point where you clicked.

Grid Tools

World Creator has grid tools to improve performance and provide new possibilities and functions. The concept involves manipulating terrain using an underlying grid. The workflow entails selecting grid cells using a brush and then manipulating them accordingly.

Properties	Description
Add	Raises or lowers the terrain.
Align	Flattens the terrain to the height your cursor was at when you clicked.
Duplicate	Allows you to copy your selected area to another spot on the terrain.
Rotate	Rotates the selected area along your mouse direction.
Scale	Scales the selected area according to your mouse distance.
Tilt	Tilts your selection in the direction you moved your mouse after clicking. Move the mouse outwards to increase the slope.
Pull	Raises the selected area.
Push	Lowers the selected area.

Actions

The operations are utilized to rapidly implement precise modifications. Please refer to the list below to understand the function of each operation.

Properties	Description
Flip X	Flips the terrain along the X axis.
Flip Y	Flips the terrain along the Y axis.
Rot Left	Rotates the terrain by 90°.
Rot Right	Rotates the terrain by 90°.
Flatten	Flattens the whole terrain.

Universal

Properties	Description
Operation Mode	Allows you to restrict modifications only to happen additive or subtractive.
Falloff Mode	Offers different brush falloff modes.
Radius	The radius of the brush.
Smooth	The size of the brush smoothing.

Brush Settings

Properties	Description
Brush	Allows you to specify several preinstalled brushes as well as import your own custom brushes.
Strength	Controls the strength of the current selected brush.
Height Change	How much height is added/subtracted by the brush.
Flatten Height	The target height for the flatten.
Rotation	Rotates the brush pattern.
Random Rotation	Adds random rotation to the brush pattern.
Align to Draw Direction	Orients the brush pattern to the drawing direction.