Creating the terrain

Unity terrain is essentially the ground in your game environment; it is your landscape. Unity has several tools that we can use to create, shape, and customize the terrain.  We will use those tools later in this chapter.

For our game, we will use a terrain that was created from a height map and then edited in Photoshop. If you are interested in learning how to accomplish this, read the Importing the terrain section. Otherwise, you can skip this brief section and resume with the section on importing the terrain.

Working with height maps

You will find a lot of free height maps with a simple internet search. Once you have the one you want, perform the following steps:

Note

This subsection is not required and only provided for informational purposes. The game's terrain file will be provided along with instructions on how to incorporate it in our game.

1. Open PhotoShop and select File | New. Use the following settings:

Component	Setting
Width	512 pixels
Height	512 pixels
Resolution	72 pixels...