[Feature Request] Terrain holes, caves and overhangs!

Terrain Tools in the package manager is awesome! It has really advanced features.. the only thing that doesn't make it complete is, not having the ability to make complex landscapes from holes in the terrain, to caves and overhangs. I cannot do this without 3rd party assets like

Spoiler: this

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/terrain/digger-terrain-caves-overhangs-135178

Please, Unity, this is a Great feature I and so many have been asking for for years, supporting it out-of-the-box would be a chef's kiss!

Thank you!​

 

Terrain Tools does have the feature to create holes:

• https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/terrain-Tools.html

Just not overhangs or caves, but it's generally better to create such via 3D meshes instead.

https://forum.unity.com/threads/how-would-you-create-a-cliff.698666/

 

Sure, I know about terrain holes already! And no, it's not better to model it yourself as it takes so much time to make such a simple/trivial thing, unless you want to make it that way yourself of course! I'm talking about a system like the asset I mentioned, a system that's built-in directly into Unity. Dynamic terrains and destructible at runtime IS the features I'm talking about, as well as it's easier and better to make tunnels, overhangs, caves and holes and dynamically texture them, it's much simpler and more convenient. Pardon me, but the "solution" you provided is useless, and it's not a real one to solve this at all.

Examples from what I'm talking about:

Unity Engine:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/terrain/digger-terrain-caves-overhangs-135178

Unreal Engine:

https://www.brushify.io/

 

Brushify uses meshes - example:

• https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/brushify-cliffs-pack

Even Unreal Engine itself - to this day - doesn't have a voxel-based terrain by default (though a plug-in exists). Same with e.g. CryEngine (though it had it before 3.5).

Using meshes has always been the go-to method for creating caves and cliffs and there's obviously a reason why.
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I didn't mean a specific example, I meant the general idea, come on!

So, why not be the first to support it and advance in the competition? I see it as an advantage to go first!

 

Because they have more urgent problems to solve, more basic features to deliver.

 

No, it's the same team who is working with Terrain Tools package, nothing will be affected!