Procedural Race Tracks – Houdini 17.5/18 and Houdini Engine

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Project Overview

Lecture 2: Introduction

Lecture 3: Pre-Requisites for this Course

Chapter 2: Installing Houdini and the Houdini Engine

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Where to get the Houdini Application

Lecture 3: Installing Houdini

Lecture 4: Creating a Houdini Project

Lecture 5: Using Houdini Projects

Lecture 6: Installing the Houdini Engine in Unity 3D

Lecture 7: Installing the Houdini Engine in Unreal Engine

Lecture 8: Where to find the Houdini Engine Documentation

Lecture 9: Conclusion

Chapter 3: Houdini Basics

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Navigation in Houdini

Lecture 3: Overview of the Houdini User Interface

Lecture 4: Customizing the User Interface

Lecture 5: Creating and Working with Nodes

Lecture 6: Component Display

Chapter 4: The Basics of Houdini Engine and Houdini Digital Assets

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Installing the Indie-Pixel Framework

Lecture 3: Creating a Basic HDA

Lecture 4: Adding Parameters to our HDA

Lecture 5: Import into Unity

Lecture 6: Import into Unreal

Lecture 7: Creating the Road Cone – Part 1

Lecture 8: Creating the Road Cone – Part 2

Lecture 9: Creating the Road Cone – Part 3

Lecture 10: Creating the Road Cone – Part 4

Lecture 11: Creating the Road Cone – Part 5

Lecture 12: Test in Unity

Lecture 13: Test in Unreal

Lecture 14: Conclusion

Chapter 5: Tool Kit Planning

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Gathering Reference

Lecture 3: Defining our Tool Set

Lecture 4: Installing the Game Dev Tools into Houdini

Lecture 5: Conclusion

Chapter 6: Building the Track Tool

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Creating the Track HDA and User Curve

Lecture 3: Generating the Track Geometry

Lecture 4: Generating the Track Geometry – Houdini 18

Lecture 5: Adding Parameters to our Track Geometry

Lecture 6: Test in Unity

Lecture 7: Test in Unreal

Lecture 8: Generating the Side Lines

Lecture 9: Generating the Side LInes – Houdini 18

Lecture 10: Creating Clean UV's for the Track Geometry

Lecture 11: Creating a Helper Utility

Lecture 12: Adding Vertex Colors

Lecture 13: Test in Unity

Lecture 14: Test in Unreal

Lecture 15: Conclusion

Chapter 7: Fixing the Track Tool

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Fixing the Open Curve Issue

Lecture 3: Surprise Bonus Lecture!!

Lecture 4: Surprise Bonus Lecture!! – Houdini 18

Lecture 5: Conclusion

Chapter 8: Utilizing HDA Inputs & Debugging

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Setting up the HDA

Lecture 3: Updating the Track Tool

Lecture 4: Unity Test

Lecture 5: Unreal Test

Lecture 6: Debugging with the Houdini Engine

Lecture 7: Conclusion

Chapter 9: Creating the Track Bumpers

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Setting up the HDA

Lecture 3: Measuring Curve Length

Lecture 4: Detecting Turn Direction

Lecture 5: Joining the Curves

Lecture 6: Creating the Bumper Geo – Part 1

Lecture 7: Creating the Bumper Geo – Part 2

Lecture 8: Creating the Bumper Geo – Part 3

Lecture 9: Creating the Bumper Geo – Part 4

Lecture 10: Section Errata – @Outside Attribute Fix and Explanation

Lecture 11: Creating the Bumper Geo – Part 5

Lecture 12: Unity Test

Lecture 13: Unreal Test

Lecture 14: Conclusion

Chapter 10: Houdini Core Concepts – Curve Directions and Vectors

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Creating Flow Normals

Lecture 3: Creating Curve Directions

Lecture 4: Conclusion

Chapter 11: Creating the Gaurd Rails

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Setting up the HDA

Lecture 3: Offsetting the Rail Path

Lecture 4: Creating the Guard Rail Components

Lecture 5: Creating the Guard Rail Components – Part 2

Lecture 6: Rail Profile