Adding too many csg nodes can bog down the performance of your game which is why it's really only good for quickly prototyping levels. You will eventually have to replace the map with a more optimized mesh you create in a separate 3d modeling program. Search "godot csg exporter" for a plugin you can add to Godot that will make that whole process a lot easier.
For those of you trying to find the triplanar flag in Godot 4: Since there is no longer a Flags section, you have to go to UV1, and click Triplanar and World Triplanar. This will achieve the same effect.
If you're making a complex shape that's all the same material but don't want to set the material each time, you can use the root CSGCombiner's geometry/material_override property to apply the material to all of its children.
Currently learning Godot. Tried Unity for a month, then Unreal, now Godot. I must say Godot is getting better and better. I constantly find new things I like. Unreal and Unity are great engines, very complex, so much features. But for my small ideas I felt like they are just an overkill. Godot for now looks like a more intuitive tool also. But that I guess is more related to preference and experience.
Adding too many csg nodes will bog down your game's performance, which is why it's really only good for prototyping and testing. You'll have to replace the csg objects with more optimized meshes that you create in a modeling program when it's time to release your game. Search for "Godot CSG exporter" and you'll find a plugin that makes that whole process a lot easier.
@@RSMR029 Now that I just rewatched what happened there, I also just realized that the sun and skybox is not synced; while the sun is coming from that direction, the shadow casted from the opposite direction as can be seen while jumping down from the hole a second before. lol
Lmao I searched for level creation in Godot and this video was just 4 minutes ago. UPD: Watched the video. I am new to Godot (but have experince with Unity) and this tutorial is right what I need!
I want more engines to work like this, I came from mapping in source engine and despite how frustrating it can be to work with the program the modeling capabilities felt so much more free then any other engine editor I've used since
Super handy! This would help a ton to plan out your level before actually making all your meshes and placing them that way you have a good idea what it will feel like before hand.
Haven't really messed with CSG but yeah it's amazing for that. I was a touch surprised that there is no built-in method to convert this construction into a single mesh to use as an end product. So the next logical step would be to create a tool script that extracts points and creates mesh. I'm pretty busy to make videos so you have a headstart time for it :D
noticed that the collision created for the children of CSG combiner is not accurate. So the visual representation of a CSG box is not aligned with it's hitbox.
Nice video. Fast and to the point. Can you make video about placing objects instancing them and then placing them on the grid. Like turret or just simple block.
@@garbaj That's because the whole CSG thing was mainly used for declaring bounding volumes for early games. I think the first id games implemented these because it was much easier to calculate culling and visibility using planes. A similar editing approach was the core of the first quake editor as well. If I'm correct it was only using planes, so the computed objects were all convex (of course you were able to put together more complex shapes from convex parts). The animated part is also a result of this, because the visibility calculations were using this plane cutting system in the BSP tree as well. Nowadays a quadtree is more common, but these were for static level geometry only.
I made a level in Blender and exported it into Godot. It’s super basic, literally just boxes and doorways, but when I go inside everything is empty. Plus it looks like the mesh is only a huge box around the map. Got a video I can watch to fix that?
Hello Garbaj, I have a problem: when I export my game and i open it on Windows it says that it's a dangerous file because it doesn't have an author (I have Windows 10, I don't know if it works in other Windows). Is there a way to insert an author in Godot? If not, can I submit my game on Steam or Itch anyway if I put it on sale?
Because the file came from a unrecognizable source (aka, from your computer and not a reputable source like Steam) windows automatically does this. You can click, “more info” and then “run anyway” to bypass it
This is such a bad solution for me since overlapping Subtracts mess with the collisions etc. and I'm making a very claustrophobic level so a lot of subtracts are needed and it's so broken :( Does anyone know a better alternative?
Nice and too the point as always. I've been using this technique before but didn't know about the texture setting. Thanks there's always some thing to learn.
Great tutorial!! I am actually planning to make zombie survival game similar to left 4 dead but it will have over the top zombie battles and I am using your tutorial to make the maps 🤣
Meh I think qodot is a way better route to go down if you want the "csg" route (though qodot and quake mapping in general isnt csg, I dont know why so many people think that but whatever), you can make the map in trenchbroom which is basically unity probuilder on ateroids then you can import those maps with qodot as meshinstances, it supports entity placement too so you could place stuff like enemies or moving platforms
Is built-in CSG not more convenient for prototyping though? Since you don't have to deal with exporting and importing your meshes between playtests? Maybe it's just as quick, I dunno, but remember that this method is meant for rapid prototyping and testing, not for creating your final player-facing levels.
this video is great even 2 years down he line. but i cant find the Flags option to fix the textures. was this option removed or just moved? would love an update for when 4.0 becomes stable
Garbaj.....is there a way to save changes in world which player makes.....like minecraft where what we place it saves....can we do this in godot and how?
Am I missing something? After I applied the grid texture and saved it... when I move any of the CSG objects the texture does not move with it... it appears to stay in one spot creating a weird sliding effect. The texture is still applied, however, it is not frozen per say to the object, it is more like frozen to the environment. Hope this made sense HELP! :(
That's just how world triplanar mapping is. You'd have to use a different kind of texture wrapping to get a different effect, and another limitation of CSG is the inability to use other kinds of texture wrapping. Which is another reason exporting the geometry to another tool for final cleanup is essential.
That's generally what you want for prototyping like this. This is not meant to be used in the final game that users see; it's a tool for developers and lets you see how your objects line up with the world grid. You'd typically replace this quick-and-dirty design with actual 3d models for the final game.
I have an issue where some textures look incredibly weird (invisible in places, and flickering in and out of reality), Does anybody know how to help me with this?
How do you make the Gizmo inactive, while working with the CSG control knobs? It"s constantly interfering with them, and I have no idea how to fix that
Why does is_on_floor() method return false even if I am colliding with the floor? Somebody with the same issue? I have created in the scene a static body where I can jump, but when I am on the csg it stops jumping. A possible solution is a raycast pointing the floor, but is there a better one?
What I'd really love to see a tutorial on is: Picking up and holding an existing 3d item in the world. Like picking up a 3d rock/bomb in zelda, and then having the ability to put down/throw that object but to then, have the ability to pick it up a second time after it has been thrown.
Man, that's a very handy tool! But can you export that CSG geo to an external 3D editor? Unreal can do this natively, Unity has a few plugins for that as well.
Do you still know of a way to turn imported images into .tres files? Godot doesn't allow imports to be saved and therefore I can't turn those pretty grids into a saved material. :C
@@garbaj umm yeah, I just researched about it and it says that there is some module called voxel tools by zylaan. It has to be built with Godot or you can download the prebuilt binaries from their repo. Maybe you should have a look at that cause I am not able to understand that hmmm. Please make a video on that.....❤️
Csg is procedural, so a lot of maths is involved to calculate the final mesh. Certain configurations of csg nodes can break the algorithm and cause artifacts. Csg is non destructive so you can rapidly iterate on a model/level.
I'm not too sure about the technical details why unfortunately. There is a plugin called godot csg exporter if you need to export the csg meshes thankfully
No, csg nodes are more for things that don't change their shape very often. For dismembering enemies you'll have to create an enemy model, and a separate chopped up model that you swap in when you hit them
Adding too many csg nodes can bog down the performance of your game which is why it's really only good for quickly prototyping levels. You will eventually have to replace the map with a more optimized mesh you create in a separate 3d modeling program. Search "godot csg exporter" for a plugin you can add to Godot that will make that whole process a lot easier.
Does blender is ok for making maps?
Check out the Qodot extension, it basically lets you import quake .maps
@@NoOneInParticular0 Yes, it works very well for making maps
@@NoOneInParticular0 I use Blender for all of my modeling. Maps included.
Hi, I created the CSG export plugin, have fun:
mohammedzero43.itch.io/csg-exporter
For those of you trying to find the triplanar flag in Godot 4: Since there is no longer a Flags section, you have to go to UV1, and click Triplanar and World Triplanar. This will achieve the same effect.
you're awesome
THANK YOU OMFG
I don't know why, but it didn't worked
Found the hero in the comments!
@@RhogerAnacleto same here
If you're making a complex shape that's all the same material but don't want to set the material each time, you can use the root CSGCombiner's geometry/material_override property to apply the material to all of its children.
Didn’t know that, thanks for the tip!
Currently learning Godot. Tried Unity for a month, then Unreal, now Godot. I must say Godot is getting better and better. I constantly find new things I like. Unreal and Unity are great engines, very complex, so much features. But for my small ideas I felt like they are just an overkill. Godot for now looks like a more intuitive tool also. But that I guess is more related to preference and experience.
when you get into the more complex stuff such as draw functions and audio.... lord have mercy on your soul......
@@snesmocha real coders build their own graphics renderer
Yeah, I also tried a whole lot of software but godot was the best for me am also learning
this is the same for me too. it just seems like godot is far more accessible for me and can help me learn more about coding easier.
seems godot is simple at core and with the way they can be extended it can competes with big 2
wich is cool to see good engines like this
Adding too many csg nodes will bog down your game's performance, which is why it's really only good for prototyping and testing. You'll have to replace the csg objects with more optimized meshes that you create in a modeling program when it's time to release your game. Search for "Godot CSG exporter" and you'll find a plugin that makes that whole process a lot easier.
How did you comment on the video 5 days ago if it was released today ? 🤔🤔
ya how you commented 5 days ago...lol
@@seemarajput779 it was uploaded earlier but publicly listed today
@@hanseldsilva2393 oh but the upload date is still yesterday, when I upload an unlisted video i still get the date at the upload day
there should be a way for us to have godot convert the node to a model for better performance :D
Good to know about triplanars, now I can have tiled ground textures without the extra hassle!
It's game changing
@@garbaj Literally!!
3:23 the sun is perfectly centered with the torus. Why am I slightly fascinated.
Omg fr your right
@@RSMR029 Now that I just rewatched what happened there, I also just realized that the sun and skybox is not synced; while the sun is coming from that direction, the shadow casted from the opposite direction as can be seen while jumping down from the hole a second before. lol
Lmao I searched for level creation in Godot and this video was just 4 minutes ago.
UPD: Watched the video. I am new to Godot (but have experince with Unity) and this tutorial is right what I need!
Glad you found what you were looking for
I was searching around for a godot level editor just this morning, clearly this video is a message from above
@@archiebaldry same last night i could only find unity's probuilder, or someone showcasing their assets. guess this is a very sus coincedence.
When I saw the title I was expecting GridMap, and I was ready to tell you that it had limitations.
Edit: now I have an use for CSG nodes.
Awesome, was going to ask how you got those nice grid textures in your previous videos. Keep up the great work man!
I want more engines to work like this, I came from mapping in source engine and despite how frustrating it can be to work with the program the modeling capabilities felt so much more free then any other engine editor I've used since
I’ve messed around a little bit in Hammer
While it’s definitely not ideal, I was able to learn to make a simple room faster than other engines
Super handy! This would help a ton to plan out your level before actually making all your meshes and placing them that way you have a good idea what it will feel like before hand.
Haven't really messed with CSG but yeah it's amazing for that. I was a touch surprised that there is no built-in method to convert this construction into a single mesh to use as an end product. So the next logical step would be to create a tool script that extracts points and creates mesh. I'm pretty busy to make videos so you have a headstart time for it :D
there is a plugin called godot csg exporter which does that. Haven't tried it yet but it seems to work well
@@garbaj I suppose you're referring to this plugin? github.com/mohammedzero43/CSGExport-Godot
I wish Godot had Pro Builder Tools.
Awesome I needed this. You always bring awesome tips and tricks.
hey Zouhair!
@@zagame4real609 hey 😄
Been using Godot for almost a year, didn't know this existed 🧐
Every day I learn something cool about this game engine
@@garbaj Thanks so much for sharing! 💪
This was by far the best tutorial i've ever watched, subscribed and am gonna keep watching your tutorials
👍
noticed that the collision created for the children of CSG combiner is not accurate. So the visual representation of a CSG box is not aligned with it's hitbox.
Finally Garbaj has uploaded
*it's been 10,000 years*
Lol and i only subscribed yesterday
I use godot years and years and i dont know for godot to have booleaon operation....good job man keep going and good luck for your projects!!!
Amazing Tool, Thank you for the explanation! I am working on Prototyping a new 3D Game in Godot and I needed something like this.
i love your tutorials bro. short , concise and meaningful. keep it up
Fucking love this. Level prototyping doesn't look like shit anymore
This is what I needed for so long
I'm glad godot has an internal brush map editor, more games should have these
Nice video. Fast and to the point. Can you make video about placing objects instancing them and then placing them on the grid. Like turret or just simple block.
Also this wont work for moving platforms. When you move the csg combiner via run time(animationplayer, script, etc) the colliders dont move along
I didn't know that, but yeah, one more reason why csg is only for prototyping
@@garbaj That's because the whole CSG thing was mainly used for declaring bounding volumes for early games. I think the first id games implemented these because it was much easier to calculate culling and visibility using planes. A similar editing approach was the core of the first quake editor as well. If I'm correct it was only using planes, so the computed objects were all convex (of course you were able to put together more complex shapes from convex parts). The animated part is also a result of this, because the visibility calculations were using this plane cutting system in the BSP tree as well. Nowadays a quadtree is more common, but these were for static level geometry only.
I made a level in Blender and exported it into Godot. It’s super basic, literally just boxes and doorways, but when I go inside everything is empty. Plus it looks like the mesh is only a huge box around the map. Got a video I can watch to fix that?
I hope this tool will be more useful for map building once godot 4.0 comes out and fixes a bunch of it's optimization issues...
you should do a tutorial on how to save a game, that would be pretty useful
Garbaj, this is incredible.
This is gold. Didn't know this existed!
All. We have to do is follow the damn train. Garbaj
Dude I don't know shit about godot and your videos are really helpful. Thanks and please keep making more.
Hello Garbaj, I have a problem: when I export my game and i open it on Windows it says that it's a dangerous file because it doesn't have an author (I have Windows 10, I don't know if it works in other Windows). Is there a way to insert an author in Godot? If not, can I submit my game on Steam or Itch anyway if I put it on sale?
Because the file came from a unrecognizable source (aka, from your computer and not a reputable source like Steam) windows automatically does this. You can click, “more info” and then “run anyway” to bypass it
this actually just saved my life from a whole lotta pain
thanks for the tutorial, my maps got much better! (and colorful)
And Boom! You've got a complete grid again... lol
Exactly what I need for my lab-style AI game
This video goes into my programming list
Wish godot had a built in way to "bake" the csgs into an optimised mesh for when you want to make a build.
YOUR tutorials ARE THE BEST
Thanks for the lesson, bro!
Thank you so much!
I was trying to manually do this in blender.
Hello, why when u selected CSG object, they r not tinged into blue?
This is such a bad solution for me since overlapping Subtracts mess with the collisions etc. and I'm making a very claustrophobic level so a lot of subtracts are needed and it's so broken :(
Does anyone know a better alternative?
Tbh Qodot is the better solution right now for prototyping levels unless you are going for a 90s feel for your game.
@@HonsHon Currently Qodot for Godot 4 is abandoned, but its fork func_godot is being updated
I added a light blue grid texture and it shows it as green how do I fix it?
Nice and too the point as always. I've been using this technique before but didn't know about the texture setting. Thanks there's always some thing to learn.
You can also use TrenchBroom with the addon Qodot :)
Great tutorial!!
I am actually planning to make zombie survival game similar to left 4 dead but it will have over the top zombie battles and I am using your tutorial to make the maps 🤣
Just what i needed thanks ❤
finally i wanted this for a long time
Plz make a tutorial for loading screen
Waw, quick video, but really good and helpful
reminds me of my time using nx7.5 during diploma
I want to snap the 3d object together/to a grid, I don't know how.
Would you know how to set that up?
"use snap" button, on top of the graphics window. Or use hotkey Y
Meh I think qodot is a way better route to go down if you want the "csg" route (though qodot and quake mapping in general isnt csg, I dont know why so many people think that but whatever), you can make the map in trenchbroom which is basically unity probuilder on ateroids then you can import those maps with qodot as meshinstances, it supports entity placement too so you could place stuff like enemies or moving platforms
Is built-in CSG not more convenient for prototyping though? Since you don't have to deal with exporting and importing your meshes between playtests? Maybe it's just as quick, I dunno, but remember that this method is meant for rapid prototyping and testing, not for creating your final player-facing levels.
this video is great even 2 years down he line. but i cant find the Flags option to fix the textures. was this option removed or just moved?
would love an update for when 4.0 becomes stable
It was moved. Now both checkboxes are in "UV1" tab
Garbaj.....is there a way to save changes in world which player makes.....like minecraft where what we place it saves....can we do this in godot and how?
Am I missing something? After I applied the grid texture and saved it... when I move any of the CSG objects the texture does not move with it... it appears to stay in one spot creating a weird sliding effect. The texture is still applied, however, it is not frozen per say to the object, it is more like frozen to the environment. Hope this made sense HELP! :(
That's just how world triplanar mapping is. You'd have to use a different kind of texture wrapping to get a different effect, and another limitation of CSG is the inability to use other kinds of texture wrapping. Which is another reason exporting the geometry to another tool for final cleanup is essential.
That's generally what you want for prototyping like this. This is not meant to be used in the final game that users see; it's a tool for developers and lets you see how your objects line up with the world grid. You'd typically replace this quick-and-dirty design with actual 3d models for the final game.
I have an issue where some textures look incredibly weird (invisible in places, and flickering in and out of reality), Does anybody know how to help me with this?
Sounds like you have two meshes inside of each other. This is called Z-fighting.
How do you make the Gizmo inactive, while working with the CSG control knobs? It"s constantly interfering with them, and I have no idea how to fix that
i can't find the csg notes! ):
thank you for this. simple and useful
kenny is such a usefull game texture maker he is so good
So then what should I do for the actual level building if this is just for prototyping? I can't find any videos that explain this.
Gridmaps work pretty well
So theoretically I could make destructible building using this.
Why does is_on_floor() method return false even if I am colliding with the floor? Somebody with the same issue? I have created in the scene a static body where I can jump, but when I am on the csg it stops jumping. A possible solution is a raycast pointing the floor, but is there a better one?
How do you make the CSG obects snap in Godot 4? Would make everything much easier for me and its not at the moment
nvm you hold control im a silly one
nvm you hold control im a silly one
In godot 3.5 enabling tripalanar seems not to work anymore.
Nice video! Thanks!
Anyone know how to use get this to show up because after I build the scene I press play and it doesn’t appear I’m new to godot and it’s not very clear
What I'd really love to see a tutorial on is:
Picking up and holding an existing 3d item in the world. Like picking up a 3d rock/bomb in zelda,
and then having the ability to put down/throw that object
but to then, have the ability to pick it up a second time after it has been thrown.
O really want godot native prototype editor like ONE TAB to view
I m facing a prblm as soon as I turn UV 1 triplanar it just shows the texture once, in the middle of each face. Pls help
Hi . Is there any way to use physical body s like rigit body instead of csg shapes in csgcombiner ? Or use shape as a child of bodys?
Man, that's a very handy tool! But can you export that CSG geo to an external 3D editor? Unreal can do this natively, Unity has a few plugins for that as well.
Right now you can use a plugin called Godot CSG Exporter to do that. In 4.0 it will be a built in feature
@@garbaj ohhh, man, that'll be a killer feature, really :) I mean for level artists at least.
how do you make your CSGBox snap? when you move the red dots it automaticly snaps to a hole number instead of (what i have) all those smaller numbers.
near the top of the window, click on "Transform" and "Configure Snap" and then change "Translate Snap" to the desired snap amount
@@garbaj it doesn’t work, I did what you said but stil it doesn’t work
when I add a texture the texture just has a seizure and starts changing from the texture I added and a black texture
I dont even need to add a texture, all I need to do is add a spatial material and a random black blue ish texture starts spazzing out
@@banjo3960 it be like that
You are absolutely amazing
is it possible to export this 3d proto created models to blender?
I'm so upset that I didn't know about this before. This is a godsend.
How to make the Snap to grid thingy?
"use snap" button, on top of the graphics window. Or use hotkey Y
@trollEYbus OK, I found it now, because of Godot 4 update, It caused me some time to do it, THX.
Do you still know of a way to turn imported images into .tres files?
Godot doesn't allow imports to be saved and therefore I can't turn those pretty grids into a saved material. :C
can we make smooth voxel destructable terrain with csg mesh ?
No, csg is only for prototyping because it's very resource hungry
@@garbaj then what should I use to do so
Unfortuntately I don't know
@@garbaj umm yeah, I just researched about it and it says that there is some module called voxel tools by zylaan. It has to be built with Godot or you can download the prebuilt binaries from their repo. Maybe you should have a look at that cause I am not able to understand that hmmm. Please make a video on that.....❤️
Why there is no collider on CSG mesh
Wow!!! It has Level editor!!! Godot ftw!!!
so why is it only good for prototyping, like is there a performance hit or something?
Yes, it can bog down performance and it has some weird issues with shadows
What’s the real difference between the csg meshes and normal meshes??
Not too sure, all I know is that csg seems to be pretty resource intensive
Csg is procedural, so a lot of maths is involved to calculate the final mesh. Certain configurations of csg nodes can break the algorithm and cause artifacts. Csg is non destructive so you can rapidly iterate on a model/level.
How do i get my character in the map??
My grid is not snapping it’s just easy to move the box with out it snapping help
"use snap" button, on top of the graphics window. Or use hotkey Y
Can u show us how to make a car or among us type game
always the good stuff
Why can't Godot bake a CSG combiner into a solid mesh?
I'm not too sure about the technical details why unfortunately. There is a plugin called godot csg exporter if you need to export the csg meshes thankfully
coming in 4.0 :)
Hi Garbaj! Could you use the CSG's subtraction setting to make a sword that cuts enemies in half? I really want this in my game!
No, csg nodes are more for things that don't change their shape very often. For dismembering enemies you'll have to create an enemy model, and a separate chopped up model that you swap in when you hit them
@@garbaj so would i have to do that for each cut? there is no way for me to somehow procedurally generate a chopped up enemy?
I'm not aware of any way to do it procedurally. Not saying that it can't be done, but I don't know how
voxel enemies?
@@rafaelgarcia1435 kinda like SuperHot
for gamejams this is awesome
Need probuilder on godot
Now next would be to just merge them.
what about a whole world like gta games? how to load in godot
oh your tutorials, their excellent.
but unfortunately their arent daily :(