Italy and Finland Heightmaps

TRAILER (landscape material from this trailer is not included in this pack)

All my REAL-WORLD heightmaps/terrains, including this one, are UNIQUE on Unreal Engine Marketplace because:

1. I use real-world data with the best possible resolution (most of the cases 1 meter horizontal precision and about 30 cm vertical precision). Resolutions higher than this are not possible because of the current technological limits.
2. I am the only one who's real-world heightmaps PRESERVE the real-world SCALE
3. My real-world heightmaps are not procedurally generated in some kind of software like World Machine or Gaea where a heightmap can be generated in minutes. Instead, I use pretty complex manual methods to transform the High Resolution Digital Elevation Models (DEM) into heightmaps which are in the end perfect copies of real terrains/landscapes. Because of this, creating a single real-world heightmaps can take up to 3 hours.
4. My real-world heightmaps are the only heightmaps from UE Marketplace which simultaneously respect all the above statements.

This pack contains 151 real world PNG heightmaps (82 from Finland and 69 from Italy - South Tyrol). Finland is well known for its low altitude landscapes, many beautiful lakes, while the Italian region South Tyrol is one of the most beautiful mountains region from Italy. The heightmaps have a 2017 x 2017 resolution (recommended by Epic) and they are created from Digital Elevation Models with 2 meters and 2.5 meters precision. The Italian landscapes generated with the heightmaps from this pack will have a surface area of about 72 square Km and the Finland landscapes will have a surface area of about 36 square km. This pack is for everyone who wants to create beautiful and realistic mountains/lakes/plains landscapes in Unreal Engine. The heightmaps can be used for games, cinematics, movies etc.

Step By Step instructions of how to integrate the heightmaps into your level:

1. Install one of the FREE plugins: "Export PNG" or "ILIAD"

2. Select in the Content Browser the PNG heightmap you want to use in your project

3. Right click on the selected PNG texture (heightmap) and select Asset Actions - Export (or ILIAD Actions - Export, in case you are using ILIAD)

4. Save the PNG heightmap to your hard disk (keep the same PNG format)

5. Open the map you want to import the heightmap into and select Landscape Mode

6. Choose option Import from file and select the previously exported PNG file

7. In order to keep the exact proportions of the real landscape, in the name of every heightmap you can find the X, Y and Z scales for that heightmap. For example, in the filename Italy1_XY_434_Z_461 , the X and Y scale is 434 and Z scale is 461. So type the correct XYZ scales and then press Import to import the heightmap into your level.

8. Done! In a few seconds you should see the landscape...

This pack contains 4 Demo Maps.

If you prefer procedurally generated heightmaps instead of real world heightmaps, check my other packs HERE

If you like this pack, feel free to write a review and rate it. This will keep me motivated to create better and better assets. Thank you!