Plants and landscape generated with Labs Biome toolset and Houdini Engine

Biomes blend together using the latest features of the Biome toolset

Export Copernicus textures directly from the Unreal HDA

Or have Houdini Engine convert HeightField layers into target layers for an Unreal material

Per-instance custom data drives the plant material variation

Integrate Biomes into a Solaris/Karma scene

Biomes in Unreal
Gamedev

Learn how to scatter plants with the SideFXLabs Biome toolset and bring them into Unreal Engine with Houdini Engine. Set up the example project, build an HDA, and pass landscape layers and custom per-instance data into Unreal materials for better environmental control and variation.

This project requires a SideFX Labs installation and some biome tools require Houdini version 20.5 or newer.

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Unreal Project File | UNREAL

Published

May 19, 2026

Standard License

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Houdini 21

CREATED BY

BAILEY HOGAN

Bailey Hogan is a Technical Artist on the SideFX Labs team. She has experience with Houdini to Unreal Engine pipeline integration and real-time content generation in Unity. (environments, shaders, FX)

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maitlandvt 3 days, 12 hours ago |

I like yer sticky notes... and yer color co-ordinated netboxes!

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Biomes in Unreal Gamedev

CREATED BY

BAILEY HOGAN

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Biomes in Unreal
Gamedev