Best 3D Terrain Generation Software

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In today's video, we'll be exploring the world of terrain generation software, and discuss some of the best tools that can enhance your project's environments, to bring your creations to a whole new level.

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[Crimsin]

For those wondering:
Gaea: 99$
World creator: 149$ (289$ for commercial use)
World machine: 119$
VUE: 20$/month, 199$/year. (75$/month, 750$ year for commercial. No perpetual licenses)
Terragen: 299$
Instant terra: 149$

[AtrusDesign]

Hello, I am the author of the image you used in thumbnail. Thanks for showcasing my work among others amazing terrain creations, it’s always nice see our own work appreciated 😊. For who is curious: terrain created and texturized with World Machine (using my own macro), rendered in Vue.

[CrisBlyth]

This is a great video.. One thing. Terragen is a complete planet generator, not just rectangles... you can go from ground level to space, including atmosphere and planet-wide clouds.

[Xathian]

When I make very large landscapes I like to use both Gaea and WorldCreator. I make the individual terrain features like crags and and mountains in Gaea then use those maps to create large maps in WorldCreator because I love its tools to interpolate between terrain features and build out a larger map from individual ones.

Absolutely cannot wait for GeoGen though, I am a huge fan of EmberGen and love the workflow, GeoGen stuff we've seen so far has looked amazing.

[alamondefield]

TY ILY your one of my favorite game design Tubers. Just switching from Unity to UE and was working on my terrain kit when this made my day week and month. TY

[JasonAdank]

Based on my experience of these choices, Gaea and World Creator are the top contenders.

[ChaosWolfNinja]

Awesome! I always wondered what kind of terrain software was out there. Thanks!

[rubenbehnke]

Awesome video! Thank you for the overview of all this software.

[GameDev]

World Creator 2023 is also an option. And a very good one at that 🙂

[kiwivi]

From my use, world creator is very good for someone who isn't particularly great with nodes/wants a very hands on approach.

Gaea is cheap, looks amazing, can do an insane amount of tasks and create some of the best looking terrains (outside of maybe Houdini).

And lastly have been testing Geogen and it's quite interesting, I have found it fairly overwhelming at first as there are so many nodes to do such small things but after time have been able to create some very interesting projects. I would say for terrains it can't yet fully compete with world creator and Gaea but isn't too far away especially as it's only in closed alpha and not even full release yet. I would say at the moment what sets it apart is the ability to make amazing looking planets and to be able to make materials (have built materials such as walkway bumps similar as the ones they showed off, concrete tiles, Lego plane and couple others. I would definitely keep my eye on it especially if it releases at a good price.

I have tried a couple others such as world machine but find the UI fairly dated and take a lot longer to get high detailed terrains compared to some of the newer solutions (doesn't mean they aren't capable just wouldn't recommend as much for your first terrain creation software.

Lastly in regards to the video, seems a lot of the footage of worldcreator 2 which is 2 generations old (missing 2022 and 2023) it has improved a decent amount since then.

[maximusgerardin]

wtf that's my video at the very beginning I was really not expecting that! Made my day, except I was not credited but I'm fine about it no worries

[EverythingdAnimation]

Thank you soo much ! can you do a video on how to master shading nodes and materials ??

[lenxie]

houdini terrain is also a good choice, especially when you need full control and want create terrain errosion fx animation .

[Sekhmet]

It would be nice if you could mention for each software what platforms are supported, and whether they have free or trial versions. Right now the only free available option for Mac seems to be Vue.

[knl]

i used world machine log time ago, and got familiar with its node based generators, now i am planning to buy gaea, its same as world machine but way ahead.

[TorQueMoD]

A hugely important aspect to consider is the render times. I've been using World Machine for years, but it takes FOREVER to render out really high resolution tile maps because it's limited to CPU rendering. I've been trying to export a 64Km2 8x8 tilemap and it's been running for 14 hours and is still only at the half way mark on an intel 13600K with 32gigs of ram. I'm actually considering grabbing World Creator simply because it supports GPU rendering.

[lucensius]

Layers may be easy, but nodes are always superior when it comes to professional workflows and the need for control.

[ArIyan_yt]

Can you pls also make best vegetation or tree generation software?

[yhiu]

you forgot houdini. they heightfield nodes for terrain, and we can combine with building + road generator to make whole city

[rezo]

I love world creator and terragen the most 😎👌🙏