3 ‐ Levels
- To create a level, navigate to the ‘File’ tab at the top left of the page and select ‘New Level’.
• You will see different level options which will include certain aspects into your level automatically. Since we plan to implement Cesium, we can start with an ‘Empty Level’.
- We now have an empty level ready for Cesium. You can save/open levels from the previous menu.
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Your Unreal project will open an unnamed level by default on startup. We can select a specific level for the editor to open automatically, as well as the start level for the ‘game’.
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Open your ‘Project Settings’, then navigate to the ‘Maps & Modes’ section.
- Under ‘Default Maps’, you can then specify which map for the editor to open on startup from the ‘Editor Startup Map’ dropdown menu along with the default game level under ‘Game Default Map’. Make sure to close the menu window when finished as changes in the Project Settings menu are only saved/implemented when the window is closed.
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Open the ‘Settings’ tab at the upper right.
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Click on ‘Plugins’.
- Search for Cesium, check the checkbox and ‘Restart Now’. Your project will now restart and add the Cesium plugin.
- Once your sim has restarted, click on the now available Cesium tab on the right side and ‘Connect to Cesium ion’. You’ll then be redirected to login. Use the same account used to sign up for Unreal Engine/Epic Games.
- Return to UE and import the desired Cesium Assets. We’ll add the ‘Cesium World Terrain + Bing Maps Aerial Imagery’. You may be prompted to create a new Token. If so, select ‘Create New Project Default Token’.
- You’ll now have a number of Cesium assets in your menu. Select the ‘Georeference’ asset and go to the detail tab below it. Insert any location on earth you’d like. We’ll use the coordinates of Cache Valley:
- Origin Latitude: 41.780678
- Origin Longitude: -111.849168 Note that you may not be able to see any terrain imagery in your main view yet.
- Now go back to the Cesium tab on the left side of the screen and add ‘Cesium SunSky’. You now have a sun and should be able to see the terrain in your main window.
- You can specify the location-accurate lighting in the details tab on the right side with a time-zone, time of day, and date.
NOTES:
- Depending on the terrain that is loaded, your view may be under the ground. Simply fly above the map using the controls discussed in the Basic Controls Overview section
- Remember to save your level from the menu or with CTRL + S