Setting up a Desert Scene in 4 Minutes

I released my first assets last week, among them Desert & Dunes Terrain Stamps. I thought I'd quickly show how to use them. While at it I thought I'd also emphasize the underrated Substance plugin. You should definitely check it out. The video shows color changes, but with a proper Substance file you can get even more settings at your disposal. It's super helpful for setting up textures on a terrain, especially since the changes in the Unity Inspector become almost instantly visible. And besides of those I also show how to quickly get rid of Terrain tiling and add Wind using one of my favorite assets MicroSplat.
Something I wish Unity would add by default to the directional light is the Light Anchor. It's so super helpful and built in.
Assets used:
* Desert & Dunes - StampIT!
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* MicroSplat - Texture Clusters
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MicroSplat - Wind and Glitter
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* Substance 3D for Unity (BETA)
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* Stylized Sand Uniform by Robert Myśliwski
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[@Hoglet.Interactive]

Finally a good desert for Unity, thanks!

[@paranormalgamesstudios]

Just needed whooshing wind sound and done.

[@sirleto]

super nice video, not just showing your stamps well, but also cute tutorial. nicely done. I would love to see a video where a much bigger terrain gets stamped with "smaller" patches ...

[@GameDev1]

Thanks, I'll consider that for my next one

[@robosergTV]

Sky and Fog volume, is it default Unity or some asset from the store?

[@GameDev1]

That's from Unity

[@robosergTV]

@@GameDev1 Hmm, must be a feature of HDRP, I never saw it before

[@Smackindaface]

​@@GameDev1can you show how it's done?

[@random_precision_software]

What the hell is a light anchor lol..didn't know it existed 😉

[@GameDev1]

It comes with Unity. I figured it existend in one of the betas a few months ago. Unity should add it by default to the single directional light. It's so helpful.

[@random_precision_software]

@@GameDev1 there's all sorts of components I don't know about..I only just found out unity 2D had a built in buoyancy lol

[@kiroww_]

Hello, where did you get all your lens flare ?

[@GameDev1]

Unity Samples

[@kiroww_]

@@GameDev1 Thnak you very much !

[@pdbsstudios7137]

anyone got the brush leaked? i need a leak for it

[@DerRoemer2000]

Hi! For me the light anchor is not showing when I search for it in the Components dropdown. Is there anything I missed?

[@GameDev1]

It's Unity internal. Which Unity version do you use?

[@DerRoemer2000]

@@GameDev1 I’m using the latest version. 2022.1 🙈

[@GameDev1]

@@DerRoemer2000 I just installed that version and checked it out. Looks like it's missing in built-in. It's in URP and HDRP. I created a feature request thread: forum.unity.com/threads/please-add-light-anchor-to-all-render-pipelines.1281401/

[@DerRoemer2000]

@@GameDev1 Ah thank you very much! ^^

[@faltatchannel4373]

hello is this a URP or HDRP?

[@GameDev1]

HDRP

[@HDSRosa]

are the non-free assets you used mandatory to have this last result?

[@GameDev1]

yes. but you can get some of the stamps free from here:
assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/terrain/stampit-collection-free-examples-218286