Cesium For Unreal: Quickstart - jgoffeney/Cesium4Unreal GitHub Wiki
Quickstart
Create Project
- Open Unreal Engine
- From New Project Categories:
- Select Games and Next
- From Select Template:
- Select Blank and Next
- From Project Settings:
- Select No Starter Content
- Select the project location and name
- Create Project
Enable Cesium
Assumes the Cesium plugin has been installed via the Unreal Marketplace
- Go to Edit->Plugins
- Under Installed->Geospatial enable Cesium for Unreal.
Disable VR Plugins (Optional)
Just used to stop SteamVR from opening every time if you are not doing VR development.
- Go to Edit->Plugins->Virtual Reality
- Disable the virtual reality options such as OpenXR and StreamVR.
Remove Default Objects
The default Games project has extra objects you don't need.
- Within the World Outliner select and delete everything under Untitled.
Add Base Objects
- Select the Cesium button in the bar above the view.
- To use Cesium Ion press Connect to Cesium and it opens a webpage to allow the project access.
- You may need to create a Cesium Ion account linked to your Epic Games account.
Add Cesium World Terrain + Bing Maps Aerial Imagery
Adds a Cesium World Terrain and CesiumGeoreference objects
- Cesium World Terrain
- Is a Cesium3DTileset
- Source: data from Cesium Ion
- Is a Cesium3DTileset
- Cesium Georeference *