Procedural Race Tracks - Houdini 17.5/18 And Houdini Engine

Create a full Procedurally built Level with Houdini 17.5, Houdini Engine, Unity 3D & Unreal Engine 4
What you'll learn
Procedural Modeling in Houdini 17.5
Houdini Engine for Unity 3D and Unreal Engine 4
Create Houdini Digital Assets in a Production proven way for Games
How to use Houdini to create Procedural models to save you time during you game productions
How to Set up HDA's in Unity and Unreal so you procedurally generate Collision Meshes, Materials, UVs, and more!
How to Scatter large amounts of Foliage onto your Terrains
How to use Houdini Engine and Unity's Tree Prototypes
How to create Textures with Houdini
Requirements
A Basic Knowledge of Unity or Unreal
A basic Understanding of the Houdini User Interface
A familiarity of creating models and textures for Game Development
A desire to start using Houdini Engine to create Procedural Models
A desire to create Procedural Levels for Games
Description
Have you ever wanted to speed up your level creation using Procedural Techniques? Have you ever tried to use Houdini or the Houdini Engine but hit road blocks that prevented you from being productive with the two applications? Then this course is for you!Throughout this course we are going walk through every step of the way so it is not confusing at all. You will gain the confidence to begin building your own procedural race track tools for use inside of Unity 3d and Unreal Engine 4.The course starts out by giving individuals new to Houdini, a quick start guide to using Houdini by teaching the basics of navigation, UI, modeling and creating Houdini Digital Assets. Once armed with that new knowledge we move onto the next level and start building out our Track tools.With the Track tools we will learn how to effectively build a set of HDAs that will generate a Track complete with UV's, the Track bumpers, and the Track Guard Rails. Through that section of the Course we will see how we can detect the direction of a turn in the Track so we can place either a Track Bumper or a Track Guard Rail. This will begin to open up the power of using Proceduralism in your game productions. With the Track in place we will walk through the process of creating Procedural Terrains with Houdini and the Houdini Engine. We will learn how to hook up terrain layers so we can texture our terrains in Unity and in Unreal. Once our Terrains are ready to go we will walk through the process of efficiently creating and Scattering foliage using the Houdini Engine. We look at how to utilize Unity's Detail object system with Houdini Engine and how to use Unreal's grass system.To conclude the course we build out a couple more procedural props and learn how to create textures with Houdini using its own Compositing Operators. This course gives you a complete look at how to build a procedural pipeline for your games productions using Houdini 17.5, the Houdini Engine 3.4 and the Game Engine of your choice!If you are looking to learn Houdini and Houdini Engine for Games Development then this Course is for you!Note: Creating HDAs in the Apprentice version of Houdini will not work with Houdini Engine. An Indie License or above is required. But all the modeling and workflows still apply, will just have to export the Track pieces from Houdini Apprentice to OBJ.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Project Overview
Lecture 2 Introduction
Lecture 3 Pre-Requisites for this Course
Section 2: Installing Houdini and the Houdini Engine
Lecture 4 Introduction
Lecture 5 Where to get the Houdini Application
Lecture 6 Installing Houdini
Lecture 7 Creating a Houdini Project
Lecture 8 Using Houdini Projects
Lecture 9 Installing the Houdini Engine in Unity 3D
Lecture 10 Installing the Houdini Engine in Unreal Engine
Lecture 11 Where to find the Houdini Engine Documentation
Lecture 12 Conclusion
Section 3: Houdini Basics
Lecture 13 Introduction
Lecture 14 Navigation in Houdini
Lecture 15 Overview of the Houdini User Interface
Lecture 16 Customizing the User Interface
Lecture 17 Creating and Working with Nodes
Lecture 18 Component Display
Section 4: The Basics of Houdini Engine and Houdini Digital Assets
Lecture 19 Introduction
Lecture 20 Installing the Indie-Pixel Framework
Lecture 21 Creating a Basic HDA
Lecture 22 Adding Parameters to our HDA
Lecture 23 Import into Unity
Lecture 24 Import into Unreal
Lecture 25 Creating the Road Cone - Part 1
Lecture 26 Creating the Road Cone - Part 2
Lecture 27 Creating the Road Cone - Part 3
Lecture 28 Creating the Road Cone - Part 4
Lecture 29 Creating the Road Cone - Part 5
Lecture 30 Test in Unity
Lecture 31 Test in Unreal
Lecture 32 Conclusion
Section 5: Tool Kit Planning
Lecture 33 Introduction
Lecture 34 Gathering Reference
Lecture 35 Defining our Tool Set
Lecture 36 Installing the Game Dev Tools into Houdini
Lecture 37 Conclusion
Section 6: Building the Track Tool
Lecture 38 Introduction
Lecture 39 Creating the Track HDA and User Curve
Lecture 40 Generating the Track Geometry
Lecture 41 Generating the Track Geometry - Houdini 18
Lecture 42 Adding Parameters to our Track Geometry
Lecture 43 Test in Unity
Lecture 44 Test in Unreal
Lecture 45 Generating the Side Lines
Lecture 46 Generating the Side LInes - Houdini 18
Lecture 47 Creating Clean UV's for the Track Geometry
Lecture 48 Creating a Helper Utility
Lecture 49 Adding Vertex Colors
Lecture 50 Test in Unity
Lecture 51 Test in Unreal
Lecture 52 Conclusion
Section 7: Fixing the Track Tool
Lecture 53 Introduction
Lecture 54 Fixing the Open Curve Issue
Lecture 55 Surprise Bonus Lecture!!
Lecture 56 Surprise Bonus Lecture!! - Houdini 18
Lecture 57 Conclusion
Section 8: Utilizing HDA Inputs & Debugging
Lecture 58 Introduction
Lecture 59 Setting up the HDA
Lecture 60 Updating the Track Tool
Lecture 61 Unity Test
Lecture 62 Unreal Test
Lecture 63 Debugging with the Houdini Engine
Lecture 64 Conclusion
Section 9: Creating the Track Bumpers
Lecture 65 Introduction
Lecture 66 Setting up the HDA
Lecture 67 Measuring Curve Length
Lecture 68 Detecting Turn Direction
Lecture 69 Joining the Curves
Lecture 70 Creating the Bumper Geo - Part 1
Lecture 71 Creating the Bumper Geo - Part 2
Lecture 72 Creating the Bumper Geo - Part 3
Lecture 73 Creating the Bumper Geo - Part 4
Lecture 74 Section Errata - @Outside Attribute Fix and Explanation
Lecture 75 Creating the Bumper Geo - Part 5
Lecture 76 Unity Test
Lecture 77 Unreal Test
Lecture 78 Conclusion
Section 10: Houdini Core Concepts - Curve Directions and Vectors
Lecture 79 Introduction
Lecture 80 Creating Flow Normals
Lecture 81 Creating Curve Directions
Lecture 82 Conclusion
Section 11: Creating the Gaurd Rails
Lecture 83 Introduction
Lecture 84 Setting up the HDA
Lecture 85 Offsetting the Rail Path
Lecture 86 Creating the Guard Rail Components
Lecture 87 Creating the Guard Rail Components - Part 2
Lecture 88 Rail Profile
Lecture 89 End Caps
Lecture 90 End Cap Geometry
Lecture 91 Completing the Caps
Lecture 92 Section Errata - Caps Rotation Fix
Lecture 93 Adding Materials
Lecture 94 Unity Test
Lecture 95 Unreal Test
Lecture 96 Conclusion
Section 12: Creating the Tire Stack
Lecture 97 Introduction
Lecture 98 Setting up the HDA
Lecture 99 Creating the Tire Geometry
Lecture 100 Copy and Transform
Lecture 101 Randomization
Lecture 102 Setting up a Master Control
Lecture 103 Basic Collision Mesh
Lecture 104 Unity Test
Lecture 105 Unreal Test
Lecture 106 Conclusion
Section 13: Setting up Post Processing
Lecture 107 Introduction
Lecture 108 Setting up Post Processing in Unity
Lecture 109 Setting up Post Processing in Unreal
Lecture 110 Conclusion
Section 14: Creating Terrain with Houdini Engine
Lecture 111 Introduction
Lecture 112 Setting up the HDA
Lecture 113 Setting the Terrain Size
Lecture 114 Unity Test
Lecture 115 Upgrading Houdini Engine
Lecture 116 Updating the Size Parameter
Lecture 117 Terrain Materials
Lecture 118 Creating Terrain Layers - Part 1
Lecture 119 Creating Terrain Layers - Part 2
Lecture 120 Creating Terrain Layers - Part 3
Lecture 121 Creating Terrain Layers - Part 4
Lecture 122 Terrain Layer Attributes - Part 1
Lecture 123 Terrain Layer Attributes - Part 2
Lecture 124 Terrain Tweaks & Parameters
Lecture 125 Unreal Landscape Material
Lecture 126 Conclusion
Section 15: Designing our Terrains with Houdini Engine
Lecture 127 Introduction
Lecture 128 Importing the Track Geometry
Lecture 129 Flattening the Terrain
Lecture 130 Unity Test
Lecture 131 Creating Mountain Shapes - Part 1
Lecture 132 Creating Mountain Shapes - Part 2
Lecture 133 Creating Mountain Shapes - Part 3
Lecture 134 Working with Stamps
Lecture 135 Level Design Session
Lecture 136 Exporting Stamps to Bgeo
Lecture 137 Snapping Terrain to Mountain Stamps
Lecture 138 Unreal Engine 4 Differences
Lecture 139 Conclusion
Section 16: Houdini Core Concept - Curve Gradients
Lecture 140 Introduction
Lecture 141 Creating the Gradient
Lecture 142 Using the Gradient Value
Lecture 143 Conclusion
Section 17: Creating Trees with Houdini
Lecture 144 Introduction
Lecture 145 Creating the Trunk
Lecture 146 Creating the Leaves - Part 1
Lecture 147 Creating the Leaves - Part 2
Lecture 148 Adding Ambient Occlusion
Lecture 149 Setting up LOD's with HEngine
Lecture 150 Creating the Tree HDA
Lecture 151 Baking our HDA to a Game Asset
Lecture 152 Setting our LOD Screen Sizes
Lecture 153 Unity Test
Lecture 154 Conclusion
Section 18: Scattering Trees onto Terrains
Lecture 155 Introduction
Lecture 156 Using the Height Field Scatter Node
Lecture 157 Tree Prototype Attributes - Unity Only
Lecture 158 Tree Instance Attributes - Unity Only
Lecture 159 Tree Scatter HDA Parameters
Lecture 160 Unreal Foliage HDA
Lecture 161 Unreal Tree Instancing
Lecture 162 Converting to Foliage Actor - Unreal Only
Lecture 163 Conclusion
Section 19: Creating Rocks with Houdini
Lecture 164 Introduction
Lecture 165 Creating a Set of Rocks
Lecture 166 Creating the Rock HDA
Lecture 167 Scattering Rocks - Unreal
Lecture 168 Scattering Rocks - Unity
Lecture 169 Unity Test
Lecture 170 Conclusion
Section 20: Creating Grass with Houdini
Lecture 171 Introduction
Lecture 172 Creating the Grass Clump
Lecture 173 Rendering the Grass Clump
Lecture 174 Scattering Detail Grass - Unity Only
Lecture 175 Using the Grass Layer - Unreal Only
Lecture 176 Conclusion
Section 21: Building a Generic Object Placer Tool
Lecture 177 Introduction
Lecture 178 Setting up the HDA
Lecture 179 Creating the Placement Points
Lecture 180 Unity Test
Lecture 181 Unreal Test
Lecture 182 Conclusion
Section 22: Creating a Perimeter Fence
Lecture 183 Introduction
Lecture 184 Setting up the HDA
Lecture 185 Creating the Wall
Lecture 186 Creating the Posts
Lecture 187 Creating the Fence Geometry
Lecture 188 Creating the Sign Geometry
Lecture 189 Packing the Sign UV's
Lecture 190 Creating the Materials
Lecture 191 Unreal Test
Lecture 192 Unity Test
Lecture 193 Conclusion
Section 23: Creating Procedurally generated Signs
Lecture 194 Introduction
Lecture 195 Quick Start to COP's
Lecture 196 Creating Sign Stripes
Lecture 197 Adding Text
Lecture 198 Adding Noise
Lecture 199 Exporting Textures
Lecture 200 Texture Packing
Lecture 201 Conclusion
Section 24: Rally Tracks - Creating the Terrain
Lecture 202 Introduction
Lecture 203 Setting up the HDA
Lecture 204 Finishing up the Terrain
Lecture 205 Creating the Track Tool HDA
Lecture 206 Creating a Custom Track Shader
Lecture 207 Importing the Proxy Track
Lecture 208 Terrain Layers - Part 1
Lecture 209 Terrain Layers - Part 2
Lecture 210 Terrain Layers - Part 3
Lecture 211 Adding Terrain Layer Parameters
Lecture 212 Conclusion
Section 25: Rally Tracks - Track Deformation
Lecture 213 Introduction
Lecture 214 Creating a Track Layout
Lecture 215 Leveling the Track to the Terrain
Lecture 216 Track Turn Detection
Lecture 217 Turn Falloff
Lecture 218 Track Shoulders
Lecture 219 Track Banking
Lecture 220 Terrain Deformation - Part 1
Lecture 221 Terrain Deformation - Part 2
Lecture 222 Terrain Deformation - Part 3
Lecture 223 Unity Test
Lecture 224 Conclusion
Section 26: Conclusion
Lecture 225 Conclusion
Section 27: Procedural Tracks - Houdini 18 - Building the User Curve
Lecture 226 Introduction
Lecture 227 Set up the Houdini Project
Lecture 228 Basic User Curve
Lecture 229 Finding Curvature
Lecture 230 Detecting if the User Curve is Closed
Lecture 231 Finishing up the User Curve
Lecture 232 Conclusion
Section 28: Procedural Tracks - Houdini 18 - Building the Road
Lecture 233 Introduction
Lecture 234 Creating the Road Geometry
Lecture 235 Texture the Road with Substance Alchemist
Lecture 236 Creating the Road Lines
Lecture 237 Road Lines UV Fix
Lecture 238 Adding Skid Marks
Lecture 239 Adding Multiple Skid Marks
Lecture 240 Texturing the Skid Marks
Lecture 241 Adding Decals
Lecture 242 Conclusion
Section 29: Procedural Tracks - Houdini 18 - Fences, Bumpers, Foliage, and Tire Stacks
Lecture 243 Introduction
Lecture 244 Creating the Gravel Traps
Lecture 245 Creating the Fence Geometry
Lecture 246 Creating the Bumpers
Lecture 247 Adding Grasses
Lecture 248 Adding Tire Stacks
Lecture 249 Conclusion
Beginning Level Designers,Unity 3D users wanting to automate their Level Creation processes,Unreal Engine users wanting to automate their Level Creation processes with Houdini Engine,Individuals wanting to learn everything about how to use the Houdini Engine,Individuals wanting to boost their Houdini skill sets


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