Table of Contents

1 Pages updated for Forest Pack 4.3 8

2 Getting Started 9

2.1 Release Notes 9

2.2 Tutorials and Reference 9

2.3 HQ Plants models 9

2.4 Lite & Pro 9

3 Installation and customisation 11

3.1 Directory Structure 11

3.2 Unattended Installation 13

3.3 Network Rendering 13

3.4 Is it possible to modify the sub-objects of a Forest object from MaxScript? 14

4 Lite and Pro 17

4.1 Forest Pack Lite 17

4.2 Forest Pack Pro 17

4.3 Software Requirements 19

5 General 20

5.1 Overview 20

5.2 Procedures 20

5.3 Interface 21

6 Add Geometry 25

6.1 Overview 25

6.2 Procedures 25

6.3 Interface 34

7 Forest LOD 40

7.1 Overview 40

7.2 Procedures 40

7.3 Interface 45

8 Areas 50

8.1 Overview 50

8.2 Procedures 51

8.3 Interface 58

9 Distribution Map 69

9.1 Overview 69

9.2 Interface 69

10 Distribution Map - Diversity 73

10.1 Overview 73

10.2 Interface 73

11 Surface 77

11.1 Overview 77

11.2 Interface 77

11.3 UV Transform 78

11.4 Direction 79

11.5 Altitude Range 79

11.6 Slope Angle Range 79

11.7 Custom Edit Mode only 80

12 Tree Editor 81

12.1 Overview 81

12.2 Procedures 81

12.3 Interface 85

13 Camera 89

13.1 Overview 89

13.2 Interface 89

14 Shadows 92

14.1 Overview 92

14.2 Interface 92

15 Transform 95

15.1 Overview 95

15.2 Interface 95

16 Material 99

16.1 Overview 99

16.2 Interface 99

16.3 Forest Shader 100

16.4 Optimize Materials 102

17 Animation 104

17.1 Overview 104

17.2 Procedures 104

17.3 Interface 105

18 Display 108

18.1 Overview 108

18.2 This rollout allows the user to define different levels of