That is an interesting point, a randomness parameter, something I had not thought about and makes sense.  I was wondering if maybe it was related to the misplaced hook or the disappearing materialstextures.

 

I do not want to get too far away from the thread.  Now if I could just get the material problem solved; the changing and disappearing materials.  This is going to be difficult to explain!  When you select a new material or texture, alter, and then apply, you have little problem.  But, if you change the current material to another material or texture, apply those changes, the material or texture reverts back to the original with the new changes applied.  So, if you try to get the new material or texture back, you loose all of the applied settings and have to start all over again.  Really strange stuff, I hear Twilight Zone tunes going off in my head each time this happens.

 

So, I was not sure whether this was related to the plant problem or not.  Currently, I check everything before I save each time to see what if anything has or has not changed according to my wishes.

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