Alpha117 what version of Vue do you have? :) some versiosn you can" paint" plants onto terrains, the gorund, so you coudl paint trees on the flat part of your island

another thing is Vue has" mixed materials" if you double click on the material icon (round ball top right of screen)
use Material Edtior, you can make a material "mixed" so it is made of two different materials
for your island, you may want some kind of rock, and soem kind of sand.

you cna then adjust them so that the rock appears on steep slopes, where you'd' expect it to be
by setting the affinity to slope

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