Trees!

Jay41387 · Post by **Jay41387** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 6:30 pm

my first map! i made lots of nice terrain with plenty of hills and nice textures, now how might I add trees and shrubbery to give it a nice woodsy feel?

rOger · Post by **rOger** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 7:20 pm

Right click in the 2D view and look under Statics.

Major Pain · Post by **Major Pain** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 7:06 am

Or you can use those statics + a treeline texture (in misc_outside)

Ziskey · Post by **Ziskey** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 3:09 pm

Jay:

To place a tree in your map:

1. Right-click in the MoHRadiant's XY (Top) view in the area where you want to place the tree

2. Choose static > natural > tree > commontree from the context menu

Notice that there are other tree entities available in the context menu, as well. Experiment to find the trees that make the most sense for your level. Here are some other suggestions:

Make your trees different sizes and heights for additional realism. To change the size of a tree:

1. Select the tree entity

2. Open the Entity Inspector by pressing the "N" key

3. In the Entity Inspector left-click where you see "Scale 1.0" so that "Scale" and "1.0" appear in the Key and Value text boxes, respectively.

4. In Value text box, replace the "1.0" with "0.75" and then press the "Enter" key

This will make the tree 75% of the tree's original size. Obviously, then, to make the tree 60% of its original size, in Step 4 you would enter "0.60" instead of "0.75".

To change the height of tree without changing its size, simply select the tree entity and then in the XZ (Front) View or YZ (Side) View move the tree entity up or down in the Z direction. If you raise the tree up above the level of the ground, just be sure that the player is unable to see where the tree meets the ground. Hide this using a wall, other natural entities like bushes, etc.

Lastly, if you have a number of the same trees in one area, vary the look of the trees by changing their direction. To do this:

1. Select the tree entity

2. Open the Entity Inspector by pressing the "N" key

3. At the bottom of the Entity Inspector click on one of the Angle Buttons, such as 225

Notice in the XY (Top) View that the arrow in the center of the tree entity's bounding box has changed and now points in the direction that you selected.

By changing the entity values above for your trees, you'll achive a more realistic and believable look for each stand of trees that you create in your map. Remember, in the real world trees aren't the same size, height or shape, so why should they be in your map?

Hope this helps.

Z

Balr14 · Post by **Balr14** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 2:06 am

If you are going to vary the size of the trees, scale up rather than down. It will take less trees to fill a space. They eat up a lot of face count, so the fewer you use, the better.

Jay41387 · Post by **Jay41387** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 2:41 am

you guys have been a most EXCELLENT help!

S_N_I_P_3_R · Post by **S_N_I_P_3_R** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:17 am

Hi,i'm new here

I have a problem with trees,i cannot modify its heigt! When i move along the Z the whole tree moves and does not change its height..

Thx if you can help me

Sorry for my english,I'm italian

rOger · Post by **rOger** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 2:14 pm

Select the tree, then press 'N' and change the scale of the tree. You can't just change the height as far as I know.