Cannot place foliage on static meshes. At all

Ok, also take a look at the scene in player collision view. Sometimes, there’s a crazily large collision going right across the scene, and you can’t paint where you want to…

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Also check your ground slope angle in the foliage instances, are you trying to paint on top of a mesh, or the side? Often, you need to set it to 95.