• Thomas

  5 days ago

  Nice Tool and i even got fast support with a question i had.

  Thanks

• Stephen

  14 days ago

  Upgraded from True Terrain 4 Lite and True Terrain Sky Lite as they quickly became increasingly invaluable. TT5 is extremely powerful, versatile package providing all the tools you are likely to need for terrain and atmosphere creation. It is remarkably quick on the M2 Studio. It has a logical and intuitive interface and the support is exceptional. It is very affordable. If you need to create terrains and atmospheres, and want a scatter system included, then this package is the solution.

• sameer uddin

  17 days ago

  I have 3 sky addons . I aboslutely love all of them .In reality , every sky addon offers round about the same things and then of course Blender's sky texture is not bad at all.
  but here is what really makes True Sky special .
  1. AGX and ACES calibration. This may not be a big thing for many users but if the way i have to take my blender plates out to Resolve or Baselight to give it to a Grading artist , the guesswork comes down , no unecessary hard tweaks are needed. So that right off the bat clearly shows that True Vfx team is really approaches their products with Industry level compatiblity and quality of product.
  I really love the night sky setting in True sky , one of my other addons introduces some really strong red shift but this one just makes the sky look beautiful , you can dial in the realism go hyper real(why not ! it's 3d world)
  There are other reviews that already champion this addon and they know much more about this product but from even an intermediate user perspective , this is so good , intuitive and the program also guides you through warning system for eg . if the sun disk is above horizon , it will let you know if you are trying to work on a night scene. These are some really good reasons to TS the edge , look and feel is Top notch.
  Go buy it if you need a really nice professional and ACES and AGX compatible sky system

• Roger Harris

  18 days ago

  What a difference from TT4! I'm not going to go into all the details as there are lots of other very comprehensive positive reviews already. Suffice to say that you don't need to hesitate. This is a seriously powerful but user-friendly addon at a rediculously low price for what it does. Fantastic!

• jad

  23 days ago

  Addon Review: TrueTERRAIN 5
  Rating: 5/5 Stars

  Overview
  TrueTERRAIN 5 is an incredibly powerful and versatile terrain tool for Blender that has completely revolutionized how terrains are managed and created. Having tried multiple terrain addons, TrueTERRAIN 5 stands out as the best in every aspect.

  Main Advantages
  Intuitive Interface and Workflow
  The user interface is clear, well-organized, and beginner-friendly. Even a 5-year-old could create a stunning terrain using this tool, thanks to its simplicity.

  Comprehensive Features
  It’s a one-stop solution for terrain generation, material management, and environment creation. From assets to shaders, everything is designed to be intuitive and efficient, eliminating the need for manual tweaks.

  Highly Realistic Results
  The quality of terrain textures, environmental effects, and shader systems is unmatched, delivering professional-grade results effortlessly.

  Exceptional Customizability
  The addon offers an impressive range of adjustable parameters, allowing it to cater to projects of all scales and styles.

  Great Tutorials and Community Support
  The official tutorial channel is a goldmine of information. The developers clearly care about their community, evident from the time and effort they’ve invested into support and updates.

  Why It Stands Out
  Paired with the True-Sky addon, TrueTERRAIN 5 makes it possible to create entire worlds in just minutes. It’s so seamless and comprehensive that it feels like this addon should be a default part of Blender.

  Verdict
  For anyone working on terrain and environment creation, TrueTERRAIN 5 is an essential tool. The ease of use, powerful features, and community-driven development make it an absolute must-have.

• Chris Keller

  25 days ago

  These guys are super nice! and the discord server is a godsend for keeping up to date on things going on. They are active and hard at work making things better and better! They've helped me numerous times sort out issues to get things right and they've always been super.

  I'm definitely looking forward to playing with this finally released and updated add-on. At first glance - it's just a LOT of stuff for a reasonable price! Thanks TrueVFX for all your help!

• Neil Warburton

  25 days ago

  The only bad thing I have to say about this is there aren't enough hours in the day to play with it. The True-VFX have created an incredibly intuitive and easy to use add-on compaired to others I have used in the past.

  The detail and atmosphere you can create is amazing and being able to do it directly in Blender and not export from another application and then import makes things run really smoothly. There are a few bugs and the occasional crash but things seem to get fixed and looked at pretty swiftly.

  Support on Discord is great too I might add, really excited about the possibilities of what I'll be able to make with this.

• Shaun Eschmann

  27 days ago

  WOW, WOW, WOW!

  This tool is absolutely amazing—terrains, water, and scattering all for just $99?! It truly embodies the spirit of Blender: freedom to create and build. This tool is the embodiment of what a great team can do in software like Blender!

  True-VFX has knocked it out of the park here.

  For anyone torn about buying this:

  - You might not get the exact same level of control as with Geoscatter, but it's incredibly close—by a razor's edge. You receive around 100 high-quality assets in TrueTerrain, including trees, rocks, flowers, and more. With all the preset systems and most of the same controls, it's a formidable tool. Geoscatter does offer more fine-tuned controls if you need to make very specific adjustments.

  - In terms of terrain creation speed, it may not match World Creator or Quadspinner, as they have custom GPU engines that accelerate the process. However, the range of options you get here is impressive: erosion, water types, materials—it's all included, and for just $99! Plus, there's no monthly fee like with World Creator, and even though there are paid upgrades, it's similar to Quadspinner but much more affordable.

  This isn't a tool for absolute beginners—it's clear that True-VFX designed this for users with some intermediate Blender knowledge. However, if you're familiar with most of the basics in Blender or you're new to Blender but have experience with other software, you should be able to pick this up easily.

  Oh! Important caveat, Eevee support is limited here. If I'm not mistaken, you can make the materials in Cycles and then bake those out to normal image maps which you can assign like a normal material in Blender. But this is more steps than I imagine most people will take. Eevee just isn't powerful enough. I looked at the nodes and it's HUGE in there. I actually got lost and couldn't find my way back out the groups...

• Vikar Zhang

  27 days ago

  TrueTERRAIN 5 is an incredibly powerful terrain tool that has completely transformed how I handle terrains in Blender. Here are its main advantages:
  1. Intuitive Interface and Workflow: The UI is clear and well-organized, making it easy for even new users to get started quickly.
  2. Comprehensive Features: From terrain generation and material management to environment setup, TrueTERRAIN 5 provides a complete solution, eliminating the need for tedious manual adjustments.
  3. Highly Realistic Results: The terrain textures and environmental effects deliver a professional-level quality that’s hard to beat.
  4. Exceptional Customizability: With a wide range of adjustable parameters, it meets the needs of various projects effortlessly.

• Mark Lucas

  28 days ago

  True Terrain 5 is, without question, the best terrain generation tool for Blender today.

  Here's my experience after a year as an alpha/beta tester:

  Terrain geometry
  You can create large terrains using vanilla Blender (using the displacement on subdivided planes workflow), but I've found True Terrain's implementation much more stable and flexible. Use its powerful layers-based terrain creation system to combine noise, textures, and displacement maps with loads of options for masking and filtering. Making your own geology/erosion-based terrains isn't a "one-click" task, but the creation tools are deep. It's easy to pick up, but you're unlikely to exhaust its creative potential in a hurry. One enhancement I'd love to see is a terrain sculpting component that lets you paint displacement and apply erosion filters. That said, True Terrain 5 can use height maps made elsewhere (World Creator, Gaea, etc.) and comes with its own varied selection of high-quality height maps.

  Materials
  Terrain shaders are layer-based and support loads of masking options for things like slopes, valleys, and strata. Make incredible terrains by grouping materials, so instead of choosing a single rock material for your cliffs, you can create a group of different rock materials that you can blend, mask and filter for cliffs with unlimited variety. I think there is room for improvement in the UI side of the layering system; it seems a bit clunky, although this might be due to the Blender limitations and expectations heightened by "drag and drop" capabilities in layer-based applications like Photoshop or Affinity. Recently added presets are so good that many users will only need to get their hands dirty tweaking filters or swapping between material maps from the fairly large set of bundled materials.

  Water
  The water system is a recent implementation. It's a massive improvement from True Terrain 4, especially with the support for foam on shorelines - that adds so much to a scene! You add a water system, then choose from ocean, lake or river. Each has its own editing options, with rivers and lakes applying appropriate deformations to your terrain. I've yet to work through the massive amount of parameters that let you tweak every conceivable water property. I've yet to tap the full power of this system. Thankfully, there are plenty of presets for getting started.

  Scatter
  I already have a dedicated scatter add-on (Geoscatter), which I prefer to use simply because it works well and I know how to use it. True-Terrain's system offers most of the key functionality. The scatter system uses the same layer model used for geometry and materials:
  * Add a layer/ object.
  * Apply masks to tell the system where to put the object.
  * Apply modifiers (currently just clumping for scatters) to control placement variation.

  It's intuitive, well-designed, and offers solid performance. While it doesn't have the range or depth of Geoscatter, you are getting the whole of True-Terrain 5 for the same price. True Terrain's scatter does some things better: the way it integrates with bundled scatter objects is very nice. I particularly like the procedural rocks, which give you much better control over variation than picking from a set of rock objects.

  Value for money
  True-Terrain 5 is one of the more expensive add-ons. It's certainly not an add-on that you'll purchase on a whim to play with it -- which is probably why you're reading through customer reviews! Rest assured that if you want to create terrains in Blender, this is the one. Everything comes in one well-integrated add-on.

  Support
  I've now purchased a lot of add-ons, and it's clear that while you can pick up some great, cheap add-ons, often created by a single person. If you invest in an add-on, you want to be confident of long-term support. You don't want to wait months for updates whenever a new version of Blender is released. The True-VFX team, although small, is talented, passionate, and highly customer-focused developers. They have a track record for building great Blender tools and, importantly, quickly getting updates and bug fixes out. The TrueVFX Discord is friendly and very responsive to questions. Now that the full release is out, I hope that we'll see the product documentation expanded. What's available is fine, but it needs expanding.

  Performance and stability
  I've been using True Terrain for two years. True-Terrain-5 since it was first made available in early access (Nov 2023). I've found it stable and well-performing, but I have a workstation-class PC. Even so, complex terrain generation, especially with scatter systems, is notorious for hanging even the most powerful systems or causing a crash because of one careless adjustment. You need to be mindful of what you're asking Blender to do if you adjust the terrain resolution, scatter density, or pile on countless material layers. True-Terrain 5 has a number of features that help reduce the chance of you asking too much of your system, but it's still possible to get into trouble. Just because True Terrain 5 lets you create a 16-million-polygon mountain range with an 8000-node shader stack and decked with two million trees, Blender and your computer probably won't support it.
  Last year, I experienced a brief period of extreme instability that turned out to be caused by the infamous Intel i9 CPU defect, which caused them to burn out. So note that most of the earlier reviews that report crashing didn't contact True-VFX for assistance or do a proper investigation before blaming the add-on. As with all such things, your mileage may vary.

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