Video Tutorial

I decided to create a video tutorial to fill in the gap of terrain and environment/level design.

Through the observation of past assignments it has come to my attention that many people’s concepts could have been improved with the help of a complex or interesting landscape.

The tutorial covers how to use an external program called GeoControl to create unbelievably detailed and complex landscapes for Crysis and other applications.

Through using the built in Landscape and environment modifiers in Crysis, it came to my attention that there must be a more superior method to create your level as I tend to spend a large amount of time making sure that the environment I have created is good enough.

The following extract is from GeoControl.com:

“The revolutionary concept of GeoControl2 opens up totally new dimensions of creating virtual landscapes.
The unique combination of more artistic tools and semi-scientific algorithms makes it possible to create realistic, breathtaking landscapes, based on conceptual layouts..”

The tutorial I created walks through how to simply use the GeoControl program to create a basic landscape for export to Crysis. Of course the program goes much deeper and there are many tools and settings which can be tweaked and changed to edit your terrain.
The tutorial utilises the preset terrain types which are built into the program, so that the viewer following the tutorial will achieve a similar result.

This tutorial will be suited to the more advanced Crysis users who wish to create levels with much more definition, detail accuracy. Although the tutorial is only a basic look into the program, it gives the viewer a basic understanding of how the program works, and will hopefully be able to give them enough knowledge to create some detailed landscapes.

My video tutorial is based on a basic written tutorial from maxedgaming.com.
'The tutorial was written by 'xxxgamer' and the tutorial is called “Creating Awesome Heightmaps”. Full credit goes to this first tutorial I came across and thank you to him for introducing me to this wonderful program.

GeoControl Screenshot

GeoControl Screenshot