I need help to build a Jungle

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Hello all,

I’m new to game dev and unreal engine, and I want to build a tropical rain forest. I’m getting my Oculus Headset this year, and my plan is to walk in my jungle in VR. My question is : is there a specific roadmap to follow when trying to do a project like that ? What are the steps to follow ?

Right now i’ve been playing with landscape / painting tool. But apart from just " designing " the forest which doesn’t seem too complicated, i have other stuff i want to do and i have no idea of how :

  1. Weather effects ( rain especially )
    ( and how it could affect plants ?
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  2. Add some noises and animation to plants ( i.e when i go close to a
    plant its leaves moves, or if try to
    cut it with a blade or shoot it with
    a gun… )

Also, I found some assets for jungle ( plants and stuff like that), but i didn’t found any for animals like tiger, monkey, snake… Do you know where I could get/buy some ?

Also If you know any tutorials or have any suggestion that might be helpful, that would be amazing.

Ps : sorry for my english, this isn’t my native language.

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Hello

  1. You will have to buy or see if someone can create for you a rain effect, good enough to be affect by the foliages collision.

  2. What you want is like a Foliage Interactive Material, it is something I need too, couldn´t find or replicated that, sorry.

And for the animals, you can find something good to download or buy here: http://www.blendswap.com/
Blendswap has a lot of free good assets, but take a look first to avoid problems Also ppl sell and create as you want for a price.

Good luck!