nice feature in tree's

Some people probably know about this already, but i think its such a nice feature, that i will just point it out. Can be great when making cinematics and such. What I did was to change the Art - Replaceable Texture file in object editor to a different terrain. With this I can change the trees leavetype, while the tree form remains the same.. I think its nifty

Works bad with the mushroom treewalls thought

hehe cool idea, i like the barrens with green leaves. :D

Thanks for telling. Im gonna use this :)

:O interesting.... I quess il try it ;)

Another thing about trees is that it can be wise to check the Art - Fog Visibility to true. This will prevent the tree from just popping out of thin air when you are exploring, but rather be a part of the map, like a stone. It also make them visible in fogged maps, like the barrens tree (indestructible) in the Orc campaign. But i guess this rather belongs on regular mapping then cinematic.
Screens of trees with new texture here:

and here

Can this idea be used to change the textures of units or doodads? This is something I really would like to be able to do.

Also could you possibly better explain where you go to replace the tree thing? For some reason I didn't notice the texture place in object editor (maybe I didn't look in it long enough)

Also where do you get info on changing models? I want to be able to change the models of units to different shapes and stuff but I was told you need photoshop to do it. Anyone got info on that?

this works specificly on tree doodads. what you do is to enter the object editor, then go to the destructibles section. Select a tree type, scroll down the stats until you see the Art - Replaceable texture file.
Here you can select the "leaf" type of whatever terrain you want.
No photoshop, no messy import/export, just worldedit ;)

I dont think it works for other things then trees.

Thats realy cool :D
But using the texture for those mushroom trees on a real tree realy looks wierd :P

Actually it does work for other doodads, such as bridges, rolling stone doors, and certain gate destructibiles like the "City Entrance" gate.

This feature is very cool!

nanananananaBatman to the rescue!

was there realy any need to post this.... :\ o_O

If you didnt notice the thread is insanly old, prolly 3 pages back lol. So batmans gotta take care of it.

Actually i did notice, I was just looking through my profile and happend to find this old thread, and when I read it this time I figured out how to use the tree feature. The first time I didn't have much time to read it, so I read fast and assumed it was another skin/model import thing.

Other than that, I won't be posting anymore messages to continue it further.

P.S. This is a job for Riddler. You just HAD to get batman involved didn't you...

Screw Batman! Its time for... MODERATOR!!!

^_^ ^_^

You shouldn't ressurect old threads... I'll excuse it this time, but don't let me catch you doing it again.

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