Apologies if someone has discussed this already, but has anyone figured out how to make a really good-looking weeping willow in the tree lab? I am definitely weeping, but from frustration. Can't get anything closer than a very frightened-looking oak tree (hair standing on end).

I found this Willow Tree setting from one of the Bryce newsgroups. Here are the settings: Branch/Trunk Distribution 10 Branches per segment 1-10 Segments 10-13 Branch start angle 70 Branch end angle 0 Trunk thickness 2-40 Branch thickness 48-50 Tree Shape Mountain Ash gravity 100 Randomness 100 Foliage Weeping Willow Scale 2 Number of leaves 6 Distribution Spiral

I've used those settings to create a willow and it has high overhead and until I figured out the sequence of the settings it would lock my computer up. It is also very large. With a single terrain, infinite plane and that tree my file size was 13mb. Having said all that, it is a great willow shape. ;)

Well, here's my quick run with those settings...I was hoping it would be a lot more droopy and...well, willowy. Maybe there's just some things that the Tree Lab isn't ready for. I wish gravity would affect all of the limbs rather than being a graded effect (as you get closer to the top of the tree, gravity's effects are less and less). Although in the real world, most trees respond that way. Thanks all for the input! If you think of more, keep firing away!

Distribution 5 Number of leaves 10 Everything else as above

That's pretty good. Here's the .3ds version from 3dcafe. Not bad but sparse. I also attached a photo from some website that shows a real one - a little more of what I'm after. Thanks again for the replies!

real photo

Hey aldaron, that looks like a really close rendition... Looks great..

A Weeping Willow will definitely be in my next series of trees for sale in the store in my B5 Tree Farm. The next series is The Broadleaves of Bryce. Right now the Pines of Bryce are starting to trickle into the store - have a look! I am hoping Corel fixes the tree bulge before I finish the next series. Here's hoping.

yeap, here's hoping that they'll fix that once and for all.. :)