Forum: Vue

Subject: Ecosystem don't generate if cover water

hstewarth opened this issue on May 27, 2005 ยท 6 posts

hstewarth posted Fri, 27 May 2005 at 7:14 AM

Attached Link: Aftermath

Well I did a quick image last night and I notice a strange thing. I desired to put building cover with water and oddly enough the buildings didn't generated with water above the land. So I move the water down, generate the ecosystem of buildings and then move the water up to position.

I am curious if this is a bug or I am doing something wrong. The link is result is my quick image

Message edited on: 05/27/2005 07:15

lingrif posted Fri, 27 May 2005 at 8:15 AM

I found the same thing, trying to populate an underwater scene. I don't know if I'd call it a bug. But it is strange.

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agiel posted Fri, 27 May 2005 at 8:27 AM

Check the parameters for 'Influence of foreign objects' in your ecosystem. They have to be set to 0. It may be that Vue detects your water as an object very close to the surface and excludes the whole surface from generating the ecosystem.

hstewarth posted Fri, 27 May 2005 at 9:20 AM

I believe I check that parameter out, but I might be mistaken.

lingrif posted Fri, 27 May 2005 at 7:26 PM

Figured it out (I always forget about this). With the water material selected, click the little 'eco-friendly' icon under the picture (the icon that looks like a plant). Works like a charm with no problems.

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hstewarth posted Fri, 27 May 2005 at 8:31 PM

Very nice - works perfectly, I click the button and change the density of ecosystem and regenerated it without any trouble. Thanks...