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thanks for the heads up. Just fixed it.
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hey, you are quick!
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Thanks for the primer. I was able to get the grass to spawn, but it's spawning under the landscape, at the bottom of the bounding box, not on the surface.. Is anyone else seeing this? Also, I had asked during the stream where they went over this system and they said it would work for any mesh, not just landscapes. I can't seem to get it to work with anything but landscapes. Has anyone seen docs for this node yet? Cheers,
J^2
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hmm, does the foliage on the bounding box have the same features of the landscape? Not sure if that makes sense. I'm thinking there might be something funky with your Z offset. either that or maybe the procedural volume isn't covering the terrain on the Z axis? I will say when I twice it the first couple times the bushes would randomly be about a meter above the terrain. Could you possibly post a screen shot with some of the settings?
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Actually, it's the grass that's spawning incorrectly, not the foliage. Foliage is behaving as expected. It's the grass that is not working. I'm using the grass output node in my landscape material and it is spawning the grass objects I choose. It's just spawning them all in a flat field at the bottom of the landscape's bounding box. It is respecting the painting done, only spawning where I have painted the apropos layer, just not at the proper Z height. I don't see anything in the grass material or grass object that defines a Z offset. Am I missing a hidden flag somewhere?
J^2
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No z-offset that I'm aware of. I made a new project and didn't change any of the settings except density when I made the tutorial. Is it a new project or a converted one? I converted a project I was working on in 4.7 and the grass did something really weird.
random planes seemed to form going straight up. Could you try to sculpt a hill and see if the grass placement corresponds with the lump? That would tell if it was just placing it at an arbitrary Z value or if it was an offset of the terrain.Attached Files
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I've only tried with a converted project. I'll try with a fresh project and see what I get. Cheers,
J^2
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hmm, that is weird. I would make a post in the answer hub about it. I'll try to recreate it today and hopefully figure something out.
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