How to create terain?

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#1

Hi,
I am quite new to building terain. So pls can you tell me what is easiest way, how to create ocean map with few islands?

#2

Click the terrrain button in the first tab, next to model tab in the left.

Edit: My apologies, I mistakenly mislocate the button. Its in the TERRAIN tab. Its between Model and Test tab

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#3

I know some basic, but i dont know, how to make the work more effective, because i work with it extremly slow.

#4

I am trying to use color and height maps, is this good idea?

#5

It could be a good idea. Use regions and select how you want the terrain to be big

#6

I suggest that you look into some YouTube tutorials or talk with some developers. Sadly I don’t do much with terrains, so I can’t help you much.

#8

Plugin

A easy way to make large bodies of terrain is with this plugin, https://www.roblox.com/library/261634767/Part-to-Terrain

Oceans

This plugin can be used to make a ocean or a large body of water like you wanted, i also suggest adding a sea floor below the water (usually just sand) so players cant fall out of the map from the bottom of the water.

Islands

I would suggest to use the grow tool or the add tool to make a rough sketch of a island
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After you took your time on the rough sketch, start to smooth it out paint it and make it look a bit better as you are not very good at terrain, i suggest looking up YouTube videos on how to make good terrain.

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I really provided all i can to you to help, Best Of Luck with your terrain.

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#9

An easy way I like to do terrain is by going to the “Regions” section, scroll down a little, click select, then click “fill”. Then chose the material you like which In this case is water. After that, you can click and drag a box or rectangle as thick or as skinny or long or short. Make it to your size then click “okay” at the bottom of the terrain tab.

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#10

Some of this will be outdated— but it should help you get the gist of it.

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#11

Easier way to make huge amount of water is just use this plugin: Part to Terrain - Roblox

Steps to make ocean:

  1. Make one huge part.
  2. Open plugin and select water.
  3. Select your part that should be water.
  4. Wow part changed to water!

Also to make water looking better.
do:

  1. Open workspace than terrain.
  2. Than change reflectance to something about 0.1-0.2.
  3. Change transparency to 0.8-1.
  4. You can also change water color to lighter.

To make island do:

  1. Put some cylinders on water.
  2. Use plugin to make these parts sand.
  3. try to smooth out island borders.
  4. Add bit more sand at center.
  5. Decorate your island with trees!
  6. Well done! You did it!

Results:

940Ă—628 424 KB

I hope my post helped you!
For any questions please send me message on Forum!

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#12

Making islands are quite simple and really only require parts of building terrain like region and grow. You can also add realism to it as well to make it look way better.

#13

If you dont like smooth terrain tools which are usually… too small for sandbox scale you might want to try generated terrain by Triangle parts, or triangle by triangle terrain plugins.