attileus opened this issue on Apr 23, 2006 · 6 posts
attileus posted Sun, 23 April 2006 at 12:04 PM
Well, I know how to make a texture change on individual plants but I want to make it so that when I change the texture on a specific plant/tree then after the change it will appear on all the randomly made trees of the same sort (Ecosys).
To put it on another way: I want to create a fast Ecosys with random trees of a choosen species BUT with my edited texture; I want to keep the SolidGrowth randomness but also want my textures on the plants; in this case I don't want to use only one rotated/edited tree for the whole vegetation; any advise on this?
Regards: Atte
wabe posted Sun, 23 April 2006 at 12:17 PM
You could modify the plants in the tree editor as you need it and save this then as new species (.veg). Then you simply use this plant later - and in your ecosystem.
You as well could do the ecosystem with the standard plant(s) and then use the material overview - second tab right beside the world browser to the right. There you edit the materials used in the ecosystem to your needs.
One day your ship comes in - but you're at the airport.
wabe posted Sun, 23 April 2006 at 12:17 PM
One day your ship comes in - but you're at the airport.
attileus posted Sun, 23 April 2006 at 1:05 PM
Thanks wabe but there is a problem; I created a dead tree, added my texture *but I can't save it again as veg ; I can only save as *vob or some other 3D mesh but how to save it as *veg file? I want to edit these things in advance so I don't have to go back to the mat.editor again in the layer menu when I already created the Ecosys; I want a better work flow since Vue is very time consuming.
wabe posted Sun, 23 April 2006 at 1:15 PM
You save it from inside the plant editor. In the top row you'll find the icon for it.
Regarding workflow i think it has to do a lot with experience. Having used a lot of 3D applications in the last 20 years i must say i never have seen such an easy to use program as Vue. BUT, when i used version 1 as a demo i was not impressed at all and deleted ir right away - BECAUSE of the interface. Only after i did the first 2-3 images in Vue 4 (on Mac) i became a fan. But again, a very subjective pov, everybody has to make their own experiences - and decisisons.
One day your ship comes in - but you're at the airport.
attileus posted Sun, 23 April 2006 at 1:18 PM
Oops, I've got it! I have to save it directly from the plant editor ("save as new species") - many thanks wabe for the advice !
Regards: Atte