Lesson 01 of 05
The Terrain Editor
A hidden superpower inside Studio. Worth mastering completely.
Open View → Terrain Editor. Six core tools:
- Generate — procedural biome generation with sliders
- Region — bulk fill/replace/clear a Region3
- Add / Subtract — freehand sculpt brushes
- Grow / Erode — expand or wear down surfaces organically
- Flatten — level terrain to a target height
- Paint — change surface material without changing shape
Keep Voxel Grid at 4-stud resolution for the best balance of detail and performance. Lower = more detail but slower.
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1-- Programmatic terrain sculpting
2local Terrain = workspace.Terrain
3
4-- Fill a region with Rock
5local region = Region3.new(
6 Vector3.new(-128, -64, -128),
7 Vector3.new(128, 64, 128)
8):ExpandToGrid(4)
9Terrain:FillRegion(region, 4, Enum.Material.Rock)
10
11-- Fill a sphere of water at world center
12Terrain:FillSphere(
13 CFrame.new(0, -10, 0),
14 60, -- radius in studs
15 Enum.Material.Water
16)
17
18-- Read terrain at a point
19local cellPos = Vector3.new(0, 0, 0)
20local material, occupancy = Terrain:GetCell(
21 math.floor(cellPos.X / 4),
22 math.floor(cellPos.Y / 4),
23 math.floor(cellPos.Z / 4)
24)
25print('Material:', material, 'Occupancy:', occupancy)
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