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Keira Moxie

Registered User

Join date: 17 Dec 2005

Posts: 47

01-23-2006 09:23

I'm trying to plant some flowers and bushes on my land but I want to design my own. Any tutorials on this???

Barbarra Blair

Short Person

Join date: 18 Apr 2004

Posts: 588

01-23-2006 09:26

I don't know of any, but I'd suggest that you fly around and examine some plants that you like and see how they are put together. Most are just thin planes with textures set at cross angles (and alpha on the edges). The biggest problem is avoiding a white outline between the alpha and your plant texture, and how you do that will depend on the software that you are using.

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Ghoti Nyak

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Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

01-23-2006 09:49

I can't wait for SpeedTree. Gunna have so much fun designing strange and exotic plants that react to wind like the Linden plants. I really don't like the frozen-in-place plants we can currently create with prims.

-Ghoti

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Rose Karuna

Lizard Doctor

Join date: 5 Jun 2004

Posts: 3,772

01-23-2006 10:04

From: Keira Moxie

I'm trying to plant some flowers and bushes on my land but I want to design my own. Any tutorials on this???

Keira - I should be in-world for awhile tonight (around 8 -10 eastern) I'd be happy to offer you a TP to my gardens and spend some time teaching you what I know.

Rose

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Argent Stonecutter

Emergency Mustelid

Join date: 20 Sep 2005

Posts: 20,263

01-23-2006 12:45

Is SpeedTree going to happen before or after Havok 2, Avatar Clothing Layers, Multiple Attachments, ... ?

Shack Dougall

self become: Object new

Join date: 9 Aug 2004

Posts: 1,028

01-23-2006 14:00

If they ever do implement SpeedTree, I sure hope they remove some of the restrictions placed on Linden trees.

Vote Prop 955! Discuss it here!

LOL, it's been a while since I got on my Linden tree soapbox...

Feels good!

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Lightwave Valkyrie

Registered User

Join date: 30 Jan 2004

Posts: 666

01-23-2006 15:10

also you can make your flat panels thinner
by changing to a sphere and dimple both sides
then change back to a cube then its ez to
size it how you want, i would put a transparent
texture on it first the edit the 2 faces
you want your alpha tree/plant on,
then drag copy it and hit ctrl-z to snap it
back to its location and rotate it about 45'
and repete.
-LW

Building Plants???
Keira Moxie Registered User Join date: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 47	01-23-2006 09:23 I'm trying to plant some flowers and bushes on my land but I want to design my own. Any tutorials on this???
Barbarra Blair Short Person Join date: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 588	01-23-2006 09:26 I don't know of any, but I'd suggest that you fly around and examine some plants that you like and see how they are put together. Most are just thin planes with textures set at cross angles (and alpha on the edges). The biggest problem is avoiding a white outline between the alpha and your plant texture, and how you do that will depend on the software that you are using. _____________________ --Obvious Lady
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	01-23-2006 09:49 I can't wait for SpeedTree. Gunna have so much fun designing strange and exotic plants that react to wind like the Linden plants. I really don't like the frozen-in-place plants we can currently create with prims. -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Rose Karuna Lizard Doctor Join date: 5 Jun 2004 Posts: 3,772	01-23-2006 10:04 From: Keira Moxie I'm trying to plant some flowers and bushes on my land but I want to design my own. Any tutorials on this??? Keira - I should be in-world for awhile tonight (around 8 -10 eastern) I'd be happy to offer you a TP to my gardens and spend some time teaching you what I know. Rose _____________________ I Do Whatever My Rice Krispies Tell Me To
Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 20,263	01-23-2006 12:45 Is SpeedTree going to happen before or after Havok 2, Avatar Clothing Layers, Multiple Attachments, ... ?
Shack Dougall self become: Object new Join date: 9 Aug 2004 Posts: 1,028	01-23-2006 14:00 If they ever do implement SpeedTree, I sure hope they remove some of the restrictions placed on Linden trees. Vote Prop 955! Discuss it here! LOL, it's been a while since I got on my Linden tree soapbox... Feels good! _____________________ Prim Composer for 3dsMax -- complete offline builder for prims and sculpties in 3ds Max http://liferain.com/downloads/primcomposer/ Hierarchical Prim Archive (HPA) -- HPA is is a fully-documented, platform-independent specification for storing and transferring builds between Second Life-compatible platforms and tools. https://liferain.com/projects/hpa
Lightwave Valkyrie Registered User Join date: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 666	01-23-2006 15:10 also you can make your flat panels thinner by changing to a sphere and dimple both sides then change back to a cube then its ez to size it how you want, i would put a transparent texture on it first the edit the 2 faces you want your alpha tree/plant on, then drag copy it and hit ctrl-z to snap it back to its location and rotate it about 45' and repete. -LW

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