Extremely low-poly terrain using terrain editor

Hey, everyone. I’m trying to find a way to create an extremely low-poly terrain (like something out of Tron) using Unity’s built-in terrain features, but I’m having a time of it. I tried setting the heightmap resolution as low as I could but when I would try to raise the terrain, it would still automatically get smoothed out to a moderate extent. Here’s an image of what I’m trying to achieve:

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To the best of my knowledge this was done in Unity using the terrain tools, but I have no idea how. I’m not worried about materials or colors right now, just figuring out how to make the terrain look that sharp and geometric.

Any ideas?

I had exactly the same problem and i found a solution in case someone is still wondering !

Technicaly its impossible to use unity terrain. In fact it is just an height map, could be converted to a mesh but this is NOT a mesh. So its impossible to have this aspect low poly. But yet, there is a solution. Or you can download the Polyworld asset that is really good pack. Or you can do it yourself by spending a little more time.

You will need a script, Blender, and a specific shader.

Hope I helped you, ask me if any question :slight_smile:

I did, multiple of them, but thank you. I also tried this, and while it most certainly reduces the poly count it still appears as though Unity is attempting to smooth the edges, rather than allowing the polygons to appear sharp and drastic.

Here’s the video: https://vimeo.com/12700368

Do a search first next time.