Challenge 2: Paint textures onto the Terrain

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Beginner

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+10XP

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10 mins

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Challenge 2: Paint textures onto the Terrain

Based on what you learned in the preceding tutorials, the following exercise is designed to challenge you on painting the terrain you created in Challenge 1.

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1. Before you begin

The purpose of this challenge is take what you learned in the preceding tutorials and create and sculpt your own terrain. We do not provide specific step-by-step instructions to complete the challenge so as you work, if you are struggling with getting through this challenge, check out our live session on "Introduction to Terrain Editor", where a Unity Certified Instructor walked through how to complete this challenge. You can either register for the session if it hasn't aired yet, or watch the recording from the live session.

Watch here.

2. Add textures to the paint brush.

Pro tip: Add all the ones you want to use at once

3. Use the brushes to paint the texture onto the terrain.

  • Pro Tip: Start painting starting with the base material (rock) and working up to surface details (sand and snow)
  • Pro Tip:Add textures based on regions (snow up high, sand in valley areas, rock on vertical faces)
  • Pro Tip: Use mixed brushes to keep the textures organic

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