Quote - Having jus read this discussion line, and actually being a designer and having a degree in horticulture, im very interested the creation of new plant species, and the lan editor in vue is very usefull to some extent, but as oyu say you need a base to start off with.
i would really like to see e-on ship vue with a basic pine tree ( there are some good ones on corucopia which are infantly adaptable in the editor but i dont see how they could not include one of the planets most prolific vegitation typed)
a fruit bearing tree
and a plant which has both foliage and flowers on stems.
this would then give the user a great deal more flexibility.
I also think  that its discracefull that the walnut, sonnitera and other basic species were not adapted for the newer versions of view, and if they were we then had to go buy them all over again which cost a fortune. this was a little oppertunistic of e-on and c3d and i think it is something they should really rectify to keep their fan base loyal.
They coulod bring out a packakage of basic plant types whic cover say, broad leafed, conical and palm trees, lillys, orchids,broad leafed flowering herbacious, shrubs and grasses and a fruit bearing tree and herbacious plant.
This should keep every one happy!!
Some how i doubt that it will happen though as C3d is making a lot of wonga from its plant sales......

????? I suggest you take a close look at the installation CD's of your newer versions of Vue. You will find a folder that contains all those plant species with versions specific to the version you purchased. All you have to do is install them, use the reg key that you bought them with initially, and provide the reg code for the version of Vue you bought them for. The versions for sale at C3D are for the people who don't have them already (or who want to -not- have to type in those bloody long codes)