Lesson Summary

In this lesson, we covered:

• Creating a landscape for the level.
• Adjusting the landscape settings.
• Creating and visualizing our level.

What did we do?

✅ Updated for UE 5.4.1

Landscape Creation

• Navigate to the Select Mode panel, and choose the Landscape Mode (Shift + 2).
• Leave the default settings for the landscape, but change the Sections per Component to 2x2 Sections.
• Click on Create to generate the landscape.

Deleting previous actors

• Go back to the Select Mode (Shift + 1).
• Hide the sections covering the actors we want to delete with the hotkey H.
• Select and delete the actors by using the hotkey Delete, or by right-clicking on them and choosing Edit → Delete.
• Show all actors by using the hotkey Ctrl + H.

Create the level

• Follow the instructions in the video to create the same or a different level.

Hotkeys learned

In the Viewport

Viewport Modes

Swap the Viewport Mode to the Select Mode: Shift + 1

Swap the Viewport Mode to the Landscape Mode: Shift + 2

Actor manipulation

Hide selected actors: H

Show all actors: Ctrl + H

Delete selected actors: Del

Snap Actor to the Ground: End

Unreal Engine Terminology

Landscape: A large, editable terrain in Unreal Engine used for creating environments.

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