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Terrain Gem
The Terrain Gem is an experimental terrain system. Use the terrain system to create, manipulate, render, and simulate a terrain surface.
Features
The Terrain Gem has the following key features:
- Maps height, color, and surface data to regions of the world.
- Provides gradient-based and shape-based authoring tools and workflows to create and manipulate the terrain data.
- Exposes a queryable API that is usable by both simulation and rendering.
- Renders an efficient, high-quality terrain visualization across the view distance.
- Integrates with physics to provide a “physical” simulation of the terrain in the virtual world.
Enabling the Terrain Gem
To enable the Terrain Gem, do the following:
- Use Project Manager or the command line to add the Terrain Gem to your project.
- Build your project using Project Manager, Visual Studio, or CMake.
Components
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Terrain Physics Collider | Provides terrain data to a physics collider in the form of a heightfield and surface to material mapping. |
| Terrain Layer Spawner | Spawns a terrain region contained within configurable bounds, and allows prioritization of overlapping terrain layers. |
| Terrain Height Gradient List | Provides terrain height data from a list of gradients. |
| Terrain Surface Material List | Defines mappings between a surface type and a render material. |
| Terrain Surface Gradient List | Defines mappings between a gradient and a surface type on a terrain layer. |
| Terrain Macro Material | Provides a macro level method of defining the appearance of a region of terrain. |