Gaia Underbrush Set v2

NOTE: Due to a LL's marketplace redeliveries I had to delete the previous listing, loosing a 5 star rating. If you are owner of the v1 look at the bottom of listing for rebate policy for owners of v1.

We walked silently amongst the glowing bushes and grashes, surrounded by the rustle and glowing bits of flowers and grass we rose with our strides. High above the towering trees sang with the dusk breeze. "There is more to the underbrush than weeds and reeds lad." Sharian the old had explained previously when I grumbled about getting my clothes stuck in the underbrush. "Its a small forest all of its own..." he explained patiently.

The Many Songs of the Forest
The Apprentice's Journal

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CHANGELOG
V2.
- New all meshes, added multiple faces and horizontal planes for added visual complexity.
- Created color variants for each type to add complexity
- Rescripted particles (now glowing)
- Rescripted sound to include a random play of 6 different rustling sounds on collision start and collision end.

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CONTENTS:

- All Contents are copy/mod/no trans, but scripts which are copy only.
- All Meshes come in two variants, small scales; designed for lower L.I and better LOD (Level of Detail) at small scales, and large scales; designed for better L.I and LOD at larger scales. All meshes are sized at the larges possible size while retaining a Land Impact of 1.
- All Variants (including large and small scale variants) come in both scripted (which will rustle and emit particles when entered) and unscripted versions.

Mesh Variations:

* Tuff
* Irregular
* Hilly
* Field

Color Variations:

*Blue Glowplants
*Blue Grass
*Orange Glowplants
*Grass
*Full

Total Variants (without counting unscripted versions): 20

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INSTRUCTIONS:

Just place and enjoy!

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MODDER NOTES:

1) All meshes have a cylindrical collision shape, which minimizes the Land Impact (physicis is costly L.I.-wise) and gives a good approximate of the shape for particle emission purposes. Even then depending of the angle of collision the particle emitters will rez outside of the visual range of the mesh. To correct this you can put the script and "spores" emitter on any prim you like (it will automatically be phantom) and set the Gaia Underbrush mesh to phantom too, or put several Gaia patches together overlapping edges.
2) All meshes are sized to the maximum size (both large scale and small scale ones). Any increase in size will raise the land impact. The increase on the Larger Scales versions will be slower of course, so use these for 3) If you want the more etheral look of the V2 patches you can set the Alpha to Alpha Blending (on the Texture Tab of the Build Window), and lower the Glow value to avoid glare out. The trade out compared to the Alpha Masking (set to 90 value) will be the alpha glitch.
4) All the meshes have 4 different faces (3 for the grass variants and 1 for the ground planes)

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And thats it!
If you have any doubts or questions feel free to IM me or drop me a notecard.
Elicio Ember
Cerridwen's Cauldron

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Landscaping tips:

- Slightly overlap different undergrowth edges to create a more natural effect.
- Vary the Glow setting (on the texture tab of the edit menu) from 0.0 to 0.7.
(over 1.0 might casue glare during day depending on individual windlight settings)
- Click the "full bright" on/off to achive different effects.
-Add a scripted underbrush amongst several unscripted underbrush
-Tilt slightly the different underbrsuh covers to adjsut to terrain curvature.
-Vary slightly rotation and tilt from one cover to the other to achieve more natural look

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-Rebate Policy for Owners of v1:
If you are owner of a v1 and you got it longer ago than 4 months, you can get a 50% rebate after purchasing and contacting me with the purchase information.
-Why? Each v2 set only shares concept with the v1, textures, meshes and scripts are all original and require an average of 100 hours of work per plant set, up to several 100s for larger builds. So I appreciate your effort to pay as low as 1 USD for 100s of hours of original work. Thank you!

If you have any questions, doubts or suggestions, drop me a note or send me an IM
Thanks for your patronage and Bright Paths!