File -> Options -> Display Options - uncheck Limit OpenGL polygons (at least this works in Vue 7 Infinite)

I just happened to come across one today which is probably a few years old but nevertheless should work quite well:

http://art-head-start.com/Free/Tutorials/tutorial-lighting-interiors-1.html

I know there are many ways of achieving decent results, and this is just one way.

Not wanting to sound impatient, however.........Rutra: how are ya' coming on getting a new home for your wonderful tutorial online? I got the chance to view the videos once, but in my case it's going to take several indepth viewings, I know.  They were absolutely great!

Quote - Can someone please check and give me some feedback if the videos are still watchable? Screencast tells me that my bandwidth is exceeded and that users can not see it anymore, but I keep seeing the number of views continuously increasing (the first chapter has now 36 views and just 10 minutes ago it had 33).

(Cherryman: yes, I am male. Haha!).

I just watched the first chapter - Ground Cover - without any problems.

Quote - Can someone please explain to me why a lot of the models that Alain Gracia, and others gave to the group free of cost, are now turning up on the Cornucopia site for sale........./quote]

I have to chime in here - I came across a whole bunch of Mr. Gracia's free models in someone's gallery or tutorial a while back and thought, what fantastic objects!  And, Oh Boy, they are free!  Well, after doing some digging, and as you can imagine, I discovered, too, that they are no longer free and for sale at Cornucopia. 

Since the ones for sale seem to be different than the original, free ones, I am wondering if Mr. Gracia could be called (begged) upon to make the original ones available again?!  Sort of like a promotional taste of the Cornucopia models - a "try these and you will surely want to buy the others" promotion.

Just a thought.....who knows, Mr. Gracia might be peaking in - one can always hope, eh?!

Quote - Here is Vue 7.  Notice how the blue area has lots of rocks, but rocks are all over the terrain.  Same settings as Vue 6 used.

Thanks for sharing, Peggy.  In the words of Arte Johnson, "very interesting....."

OK, Artur - in checking your neat material, it didn't take any time at all to figure out what my problem was (and, of course, a typical newbie problem) - I had the Altitude range set incorrectly on the EcoSystem layer.

Again, another wonderful lesson well learned thanks to a kind (and patient) soul!

Quote - Here's the mat I made for this test. Just replace the rocks with trees and see if it works. If it does, you can study it to see what's the difference. If it doesn't... well, I don't know...

As you can see, your material works perfectly on my terrain - not a straggler in sight:

And you are right - I will study your material settings.  Thank you very much!  This is very kind of you.

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If you notice in my material, I have all 4 materials in a "pile". .......

OK - I've reconstructed my scene but I am not sure I did it correctly because I had a heck of a time adding "pure layers."  Each time I clicked the Add Layer button, a tree with two layers was added.  I am not sure exactly how I finally ended up with something resembling your structure.

Anyhu, a few straggler trees are still appearing on the higher (in your case) green elevation:

Quote - Hmmm, didn't work the last time I tried it.  Will try again tonight. 

Sounds good - I'll be watching for the result.  Thanks, Peggy!

Quote - Well, looking at your example, Mari-Anne, I found that I did the layer distribution in a different way. I used pure layers but you used a mix between layers and mixed materials. Right?

Wow, you got me there as I (at this humble point in my Vue career) don't know the difference between "pure layers" and "layers and mixed materials." I'll try to study your image and see if I can figure it out. 

Also your tip on orientation is a great one - I do understand that one and will try it. 

Finally, I'll await the result of Peggy's attempt tonight and see what she comes up with.

Immense thanks to both of you!

PS - Thank goodness you had a larger image attached - I see what you mean now about pure layer.  Just a simple material (instead of my Mixed material) with several layers.  What a clever program!!

Quote - The bug is still not resolved.  Will probably be fixed after the holidays. 

The problem is with ecosystems and layered materials.  If I make a three layer material and in the middle material, I added an ecosystem, the ecosystem goes all over, not just sticking to the middle material. 

Thank you, Peggy.  Your explanation is much more to the point and well said in fewer words.

So - OK on the bug still being there.  But at least they are aware of it and apparently still working on it.

Quote - Could you explain that in more detail? What kind of material zones? Zones as those defined by different mixed materials? Zones as in dependent on slope or altitude? What exactly?

Your understanding is correct.  We were using Chipp Walter's (and others') method of coloring one of two Mixed Materials zones on a mountainous terrain red and the other green with an obvious sharp seam between the two.  Then when we converted the red & green materials to "real" materials, we wanted an EcoSystem with trees to only appear on the green (lower) zone.  However, even though we applied the trees to only the green material, they appeared higher up (in the red zone).  At first, we thought it was a bug for just me, but then Peggy tried it and she came up with the same result.

Come to think of it, I made an example for Peggy during the class:

Quote - Yes, simply resave the object/function/whatever item, and edit the description, and resave.

That makes perfect sense.  Thank you!

That's good to know, Art.  I've been holding off upgrading our router and will if any more problems pop up.  We live out in the boonies where I can't even connect to our network from our barn, and it's closer than any neighbor so I figure I'm safe from any unauthorized connections.

And....when it gets time to renew my antivirus program, I've been toying with the idea of trying AVG since I've heard nothing but good things about it.