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General => Terragen Discussion => Topic started by: archonforest on September 13, 2013, 01:26:58 AM

Title: Try to Populate
Post by: archonforest on September 13, 2013, 01:26:58 AM
I try to populate an area with grass object but TG puts them in a big circle while I want them in a square on a specific point. I attached a screenshot. I did populate with another object before without problem but now I have no clue why the grass goes like this. Pls help if you know what I am doing wrong. Thanx.
Title: Re: Try to Populate
Post by: choronr on September 13, 2013, 01:55:38 AM
You must copy from the camera the Position and paste it into the object's Area center/ Likewise, do the same for the camera's Rotation. Then, it should work.

I also noticed that you did not click on the camera/pov button (below the preview window, far left. Doing this will show you latest movement when you render.
Title: Re: Try to Populate
Post by: Oshyan on September 13, 2013, 02:07:08 AM
It looks like you have at some point moved the Grass object within the populator. It should be in the center of the populator (where it starts out when you create a populator in the first place).

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Try to Populate
Post by: archonforest on September 13, 2013, 02:54:02 AM
 :o
sorry guys but not tracking...pls take a look of the new screenshot. Not sure right now which one is the populator and which one is the object itself :-[
Title: Re: Try to Populate
Post by: Dune on September 13, 2013, 03:08:51 AM
In the left screen, the tgo is the object (underneath the population). Set its location at 0/0/0.

I must add that this pop circle behaviour also happens when an object is at 0/0/0, but the object itself wasn't centered when made.
Title: Re: Try to Populate
Post by: archonforest on September 13, 2013, 03:22:43 AM
Hey, thx a lot...the circle is gone and they all in the square :D
Now I will do a lot of population to see how this stuff works 'till I know it cold!