[NEW OFFER✅]Infinigrass-GPU Optimized Interactive Grass-Trees-Meshes,work on mobile,HDRP-URP

ARTnGame presents the next major asset, InfiniGRASS. ​

The system can paint ultra detailed static or dynamic grass everywhere, without any limit in shape, form, shader or placement surface. It is possible to apply any amount of grass anywhere, on objects or terrain. Based on a custom multithreaded LOD and AI system for ultimate performance and adaptability, from higher end systems to mobile (mutlicore is recommended).

The grass may also be grown dynamically in real time and the player can interact with it, by chopping or stepping on it.

The core system works on all platforms, but the grass shaders that will initially come with the pack are SM3.0 and the mobile varieties will come as a bonus later.

Initially the system will come with 6 grass types and shader varieties (vertex and transparent based), an editor to place grass, real time placement option and a complete fence creation and rocks placement system.

Tutorial videos playlist

FAQs

Spoiler

InfiniGRASS FAQs (WIP)​

Q: Are there video tutorials for the system usage ?
A: Yes, i have multiple tutorials that can be found in the follwong playlist (use the link and the rest of tutorials are on the right side panel of youtube playlist)

Q: I use lower scale in grass than the default 20 and get strange waving motion. Is this adjustable ?
A: Use the "Stop motion distance" variable in brush settings, after pressing on one of the icons (the slider will change the value only for this brush) and set it lower or to zero to see if fixes the motion issue. Then you can use much lower values in this too.

Q: On low grass, any setting in Stop Motion distance will still give a big Y displacement on lower world scale.
A: There is a new version of the low grass shader, that can adjust a max height in the Y disaplcement to fix the issue. Available on PM request immediately.

Q: The grass wind is too high and cannot be regulated, sliders do not work
A: The system will work after adding wind zone, this is essential as it grabs the windzone direction to regulate the wind

Q: The wind effect is still on after setting wind to zero
A: Set also Turbulnce to zero to get a complete stop of the windy motion

Q: Can i fine tune the wind and turbuelnce stranghts per material, to regulate for the various grass types ?
A: This is possible using the various on material parameters (not available through the Grass Manager). The "Wave control x axis" & "Wave control y axis" will enchance the wind effect on the relevant direction over the global wind strength. The "Waves" and "Time" vectors will regulate the frequency of grass turbulence and the "Buldge Scale_copy" variable is an offset to the global Turbulence strength. The Grass Manager regulated variables are "Buldge Scale" and "Ocean center", which pass the global paramaters to the shader.

Q: I want to paint with left mouse button, because i use a pen or the right mouse rotates the view
A: There is a patch available immediatly on PM request to allow painting with left mouse button. To avoid rotation of the camera during right mouse painting, while holding the right mouse down, also press the left once, this will lock the camera rotation until the right mouse is de-pressed.

Q: What is the right way to use a lower scale in the world ?
A: First set the World Scale and then choose a brush icon to setup for that world scale as first step before planting. The "World scale" does not do any actual scaling, it only scales the preset paramaters when a brush icon is pressed to be better suited for the selected world scale. Also the World Scale will affect the maximum possible density value in the Mass Plant system (this is done to avoid using big densities in very big areas, as in v1.x this can make Unity unstable). In v2.0 this is solved by not growing the actual grass all at once, so any number of maps can be planting in one Mass Plant application directly.

Q: Is there a latest demo for the v2.0 of the system ?
A: The latest demo can be found in the follwoing link
InfinigRASS v2.0 - Sky Master v4.0 Full volume clouds demo:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-QCdE1dswQBZG82SEFNeHdfaHM/view?usp=sharing

Q: Mass Plant does not seem to work.
A: First make sure the density mentioned in the Grass Manager is above zero. If it is zero increase mass plant density slider and also change the World Scale to allow more density in the slider. The two corners must be above the ground where the planting will happen and also corner B must have higher X and Z axis coordinates than corner A (otherwise corner B will return to corner A)

Q: The grass is not planted if there is a collider in the scene over the terrain.
A: The grass uses a raycast distance parameter while planting to determine where the raycast to plant will start from. Regulate this parameter to the grass raycast starts lower or inside the object with collider (the collsions happens on top or bottom surface of the box collider for the example, so having the low part below ground and top part high, will still allow to plat grass with a raycast that starts low above ground to be below the top and above the bottom which is below the impact plant point.

Q: The results in the pics look better than the grass system when used in my game.
A: The pics use the same system, so it is possible to get the exact same look, the difference is because i also use my other packs (mainly Sky Master ULTIMATE - http://u3d.as/agN) to regulate the lighting, volumetric lighting and fog and shadowing, plus image effects to get the perfect look. For every user that has both assets, i can also send scenes prepared with both as a more complete demo to work with as base, on PM request.

Q: Can the system be used on mobile ?
A: Many users have used it on mobile with various results, the system has a SM2.0 compatible shader for the older devices and a lot more enchancements will come in v2.0 that will further help mobile (batched billboards, pooling, zero in game batching, much less allocations etc)

Q: The grass vanishes very close to the player-camera
A: The shader has a fade option that makes the grass fade out in a defined distance from the camera. This is defined using the "Grass Fade Distance" slider in the brush settings, for the currently selected grass brush icon.

Q: The grass is very slow and performance is taking a big hit
A: The system is based on batching the grass. Possible reasons for batching beeing broken include copying a Grass Manager from another scene when grass has been planted, missing meshes on the brush objects in custom brushes and missing materials in the customized brushes. If the batches count in the info window is very high, means that the system is not working proper and is best practice to create a Grass manager from scratch and always plant and erase grass through the manager, to be on the safe side.

Q: In interactive grass demo the performance takes a hit
A: The interctive grass demo uses the older versions scripted interaction, which opens up the batches, does the scripted changes in CPU and closes the batch in run time. This can be taxing on CPU and create spikes, based also on grass type and grass density. The newer versions (v1.5 and above) have a shader based temporal interaction mode (governed in radius by the Stop motion distance variable) and this shader is used by default, so it is advised to avoid the Interactive grass options in the brush settings, as this mode is for special cases and use the new GPU mode only. The coming v2.0 will have GPU based permanent grass interaction, which will be exponentially faster than the scipted mode as well.

Q: How do i define LODs for a brush ?
A: The LODs are defined by adding objects in the brush that have a material with LOD0 (or LOD1, LOD2) in the brush name and also have shadow cast & receive disabled (use Debug unity mode to disable shadow receive when in Deferred camera mode, or set to Forward to disable and back to Deferred). The objects can be anything, easiest is to copy the existing objects and change the material with the LOD named one. The MeshFilter component must also be disabled (otherwise the LOD meshes will ficker out when the game starts).

Q: I have a vast world and want to plant it all. Is this possible ?
A: Yes, but is advised to do so using multiple Grass Managers, each covering a specific smaller region. This has the advantage that the manager and its grass can be disabled when the player is away to save on performance and LOD change checks. The GrassManager holder references to the batched grass ("InfiniDYForest" items in the hierarchy) in the "StaticCombiners" public list, which can be grabbed from script directly from the manager in order to disable in a possible higher level LOD manager. The sectioning of terrains with a Grass Manager grid and disable of batchers is automated in the upcoming v2.0 of the system and happens when mass planting the terrains.

Q: A brush has more than one materials that require wind parameters, how is this handled ?
A: There is a "Extra grass materials" list in the Grass Manager, that can hold an extra list of materials for each grass type, assign any extra materials in this list, for the relevant brush type (extend the "Extra materials" list with setting its size above zero first, then drag and drop the needed extra materials)

Q: I cannot plant grass on a mesh terrain
A: To plant on meshes, the mesh must have the "PPaint" tag applied on it and also the "Paint on 'PPaint' tagged" checkbox in the Grass Manager must be checked. The mesh must also have a valid collider for the painting to take place.

Q: Can i set the brush so it always looks at a certain direction ? E.g. for trees to always look up, vines look down
A: Yes, the grass grower script has such an option, in "InfiniDyGrassField" script in the grass grower prefab of the brush, set the "CustomRot" checkbox and the "RotTowards" checkbox to true and use the "RotVector" vector to define the direction to be used instead of the surface normal. For example (0,1,0) can be used for trees looking up and (0,-1,0) for vines looking always downwards.

Q: The editor gets slow after planting lots of grass
A: The editor can have extra overhead when lots of items are in the scene. There is a "Editor view distance" slider that can lower the visible grass in the editor, thus increasing performance and allowing faster planting. Also it is advised to use more than one Grass managers, and "Ungrow" each and have only one active for planting each time. This increases editor performance a lot and is also usefull in play mode as an extra LOD system can be possible with disabling the far away managers.

Q: Can the system plant on any orientation and surface ?
A: Yes, the system can plant on multiple overlapping layers and below surfaces or on angled surfaces etc

Q: I cannot Mass Plant on a terrain when i have many terrains in the scene.
A: First disable the other terrains and leave only one that will plant on, then do the mass plant, repeat for the rest terrains

Q: I cannot paint grass on the Unity terrain
A: If more than one terrains is on the scene, tag all terrains with "PPaint" tag and enable the "paint on PPaint tagged" option to paint on all at once.

Q: The erase function is not working or not always working
A: Use the Mass erase checkbox option to erase grass en mass, in the single mode each grass center collider must be hit in order to erase the grass patch. The system relies on raycasts and thus also may require the "queries hit triggers" to be enabled in the physics settings (usually this is on by default, but perhaps has been disable for other functioanilities or gameplay situations).

I attach a first WIP version for the new FAQs guide, i have created it from various issues that come up frequently, so these should help clarify some major points for starting with the system and tweaking it. Some of the issues that come up above are also addressed in the upcoming v2.0 in automated or more streamlined ways.

TUTORIAL VIDEOS: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/in...c-grass-everywhere.351694/page-4#post-2405601

DEMOS (These are WIP demos and a lot of further optimizations have gone in the system, final demos will be released soon):

InfiniGRASS (v1.1) paint grass (and fences-rocks) demo
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79230236/INFINIDY/INFINIGRASS/INFINIGRASS_PAINT_DEMO.html

InfiniGRASS (v1.0) demo with Sky Master v3.0 Snow-Water-Sky-Rain
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79230236/INFINIDY/INFINIGRASS/INFINIGRASS_SKYMASTER3_DEMO.html

Instructions:
-Paint grass with right mouse button and erase with left.
-Paint fence with right click and stop painting with fence paint toggle button.
-Paint rocks with right button, erase with left. 3rd rock type can be painted on itself !!!
-Press "Interactive on" to plant interactive grass, use for tall grass and use "cast ball" toggle to cast balls on the grass. Use small brushes for best dynamic result.
-The hero can also step on the grass (if balls are not activated)
- Toggle snow and water (and rain in special FX) in Sky Master demo to see how these extra FX integrate with InfiniGRASS





Round planets - InfiniGRASS fully supports any surface



Grass Interaction - Before stepping on grass

After stepping on grass


Uber detailed grass


Fully compatible with Sky Master ULTIMATE 3.0 (volume fog, image effects)


Endless Fields, placed in editor or real time


(Note: The pics are from WIP and the system has grown a lot since they were taken and is constantly polished for perfection. SpeedTree trees will not be included in the pack and can be downloaded from Unity store for free)

Videos and images from the latest version will follow soon.

All the grass, rocks and fencing in the images is placed/created with InfiniGRASS.

Sky Master ULTIMATE customers will benefit from specially made shaders that support the new global snow coverage feature that will be included in the upcoming v3.0.

 

Video with Sky Master ULTIMATE v3.0

 

Performance showcase








More performance tests and all WIP updates will go in the WIP thread.

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/in...teractive-volumetric-grass-everywhere.349921/

 

Real time grass painting demo - coming soon


The next demo will be real time painting oriented and optimized for this functionality.

The current demos are a showcase of the overall system and while they can be setup for real time use with the demo GUI parameters (smaller density and spread to cover the same grass with more strokes), it is best to have a demo that has the proper parameters pre-defined for clarity.

 

InfiniGRASS has been submitted to the Unity Asset Store !!!!

The pack will be at an introductory lower price for a few days.​

 

http://giant.gfycat.com/DependableOccasionalFlatcoatretriever.webm

Small video of grass on hills (recorded with Bandicam, so there are a few skips, normally it is 60fps throughout)

 

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InfiniGRASS v1.0 has been released on the store !!!!!

Link:
http://u3d.as/jiM

Everyone that would like to have v1.1 that has multiple new features, please send the invoice number in a PM and i can send a dropbox link to the pack update.​

 

This look awesome, well done! How is the performance compared to Unity's standard terrain grass? For example dense grass on a large terrain of 8000 x 8000? Is the grass customizable (color, shape, length etc...)?

Sorry if these questions have already been answered!

 

I have not done tests against Unity grass. The problem with this is that InfiniGRASS places grass in a very different way than the texture based on terrain, plus allows any asset to be used, with shadows etc. The grass can be painted everywhere at any density (though it is recommended to control density for less overdraw in the transparent grass types).

I will be doing some tests while working on the new texture based distribution system (and adaptation with other assets like Gaia). For the first release the grass has to be painted and is not mass grown on terrain.

The grass is fully customizable, any prefab can be defined in the grass creator script, so the system is completly controllable. The prefab items that have the LOD0, LOD1, LOD2 words (or LOD in v1.0) included in their material will automatically generate LODs, that will be used at the user defined distances. I have setup LODs for the mushrooms and rocks, as these are the most heavy, but any of the brushes can have similar LOD treatment.

Theoretically with the LOD system, there is no upper limit to how much grass can be on the map, though there may be physical limits in the ram department, if the grass is extremely detailed.

 

InfiniGRASS (v1.1) paint grass (and fences-rocks) demo
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79230236/INFINIDY/INFINIGRASS/INFINIGRASS_PAINT_DEMO.html

Note that the demo GUI is very heavy and it is advised to select brush and disable the GUI while moving around and painting grass, for maximum performance.

 

I put together some hints on the grass painting procedure in Unity Editor, from my experience trying to populate a massive map.

The system can be taxing in the Unity editor, so a specific strategy is required if massive amount of grass is to be painted.

As a first step, always create a backup of the scene, as massive ammounts of anything may create a crash.

Here is the steps to eliminate editor performance and stability issues:

1. Create a grass manager and start painting on a smaller area of the map.

2. Save the scene gradually and when the area is done, ungrow it so it takes up nothing in the save file and does not slow down the Unity editor anymore. This grass will appear in play mode normally. IMPORTANT: Ungrow of massive amount of grass may crash Unity editor, so keep each manager with a reasonable amount of grass.

3. Re-grow to edit further. Avoid growing back more than one grass managers at once.

4. For the dynamic grass or real time growth, use a separate Grass Manager and make sure it is the only one active during gameplay.

I have tested this method and works like a charm, as painting gradually the grass eliminates any Unity Editor issue. This way the scene can have any amount of grass, which will grow when the game is entered.

Note that grass should not be erased manually, it must be deleted using the Grass Manager erase (or mass erase option) tools.

Later versions will also get map distribution automation, this will be WIP for some time as it is rather hard to get right with a system like InfiniGRASS that allows any amount of detail to be present. I must make sure it will be stable to perform the auto grass planting, so lots of testing and tweaking will also be required.

Note also that massive amount of such detailed grass/prefabs may create stability issues, so for vast maps it is advised to use InfiniGRASS for local super detail in key spots and use Unity grass or sparse InfiniGRASS as filler.

 

v1.1 of the pack has been uploaded in dropbox, please send me a PM with the invoice number and i can PM the link so the latest version may be used immediately.

For InfiniTREE users, there is one same script "ObjExporter.cs" in "Scripts->Editor" folder which collides with InfiniGRASS, this is just a helper script and can be deleted from either pack to avoid the collision, without any problem.

I will have a namespace in the next version for the script as well.

 

PM sent.

 

IMPORTANT:

I just realized one parameter that was meant for real time use is set by default in editor

Please remove the "move with object" option when painting in editor (it is fine to use in real time).

This option is meant for real time use only and in the next update will appear only when in game mode.

If there is any slow down it is probably due to this option beeing turned on.

 

Can this be setup to display the grass only around the character?

So as the character moves around the world it only renders at a user defined distance?

 

There is a Fade distance (can be set below LOD cutoff for smoothness) and a LOD cutoff distance when painting which will disable grass when away from the camera.

If you mean the grass be destroyed and recreated around the hero, without predefining it, i think this is also possible with some restrictions, for example you cant grow all the grass in one go, it has to be regulated so it grows gradually. But generally something like that is possible, it is not unlike the current demo where grass can be grown and deleted, just needs some extra scripting to get the exact needed behavior and optimized (regulate limitations in distance vs growth rate etc).

I can add such functionality for the next version as well, it is added in the to do list

I have done a new hotfix (v1.1a) for the release, which solves a batch breaking bug when "follow object" mode was on and other fixes. I can PM the hotfix asap.

 

Yeah that's what I meant... thanks!

Also I am very happy you plan on making infinigrass work with Gaia, as I plan on picking that up as well.

Made a sale!

 

Great . I can send a link to v1.1 and the v1.1a hotfix asap, these are the latest releases and will be in the store next week

In v1.1 there is support for 3 LOD stages and LOD cutoff.

 

Hi everyone,

I have done a hotfix (v1.1a) for the two major issues that came up in the first InfiniGRASS release. I have sent it over to all PMs and please let me know if i missed one.

One of the issues was the batching breaking when "Follow object" was selected while painting grass in editor (in game was fine). This is now fixed and grass can be painted/linked for follow object in editor.

The other was wrong scaling when grass was un-grown in editor and left ungrown when entering the game. The scaling is now done properly.

I hope these help, also i have added boxes to specify spread with numbers, for easier definition options.

Please let me know if any other issue comes up and for any help.

 

A few pics grabbed with real time painting.

 

UPDATE:

I have done some progress on integrating the Batching into the Unity Editor as well (besides play mode), to speed up painting of the grass in editor mode.

It is already working well and is stable, besides a few things like LOD that seem to be deactivated for some reason, i am investigating / testing and hopefully next week i can submit a vastly faster version for painting in editor.

 

UPDATE:

Work on the Editor speed is ongoing, i have done the Grow-Ungrow option working, undo/redo is partially working, entering the game works fine when grass is Editor batched and i miss only a few things to make it work fully.

When i am done, the speed of the Unity Editor grass will be the same as in the play mode, which will come in very handy when dealing with lots of grass painted in the editor.

The system will need a lot of extensive testing to make sure everything will work ok in all situations and configurations, so i expect to have it ready if all goes well late next week and release it with v1.1

 

UPDATE:

The editor batching is almost done, the system is very stable and i only have one more thing to do (that is disable the in game LOD while in editor, so there is only the editor LOD active)

I will probably be able to provide the new scripts tomorrow, for everyone that wants to use the new editor side enchancements, for great speeds in the editor as well.

 

More beginner questions that may have been answered earlier.

Does InfiniGrass work ok with post processing effects like anti aliasing, for example Super Sampling SSAA?
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/37214

Or other effects like SSAO?
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/36093
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/22369

 

Unfortunately i don't have any of these packs, so i cannot guarantee that my shaders will work with any other them.

But i can guarantee that it works with all standard Unity filters i have tried (including AA, SSAO, blur, global fog etc), so if these packs are compliant they will probably work fine.

I post some pics with filters on/off and settings that work well.

 

UPDATE - Major Editor painting related enchantments are on the way soon:

The system for speed up the grass painting in Unity Editor is now working perfectly and has been tested extensively, so i will be able to send the hotfix v1.2 for the scripts later today, after some extra tests to make 100% sure everything is fine.

This is a major update and will bring the editor experience to a whole new level.

Thanks everyone for the support and suggestions in this first release, it has really helped a lot to shape the pack to the best.

 

In your screen shots earlier - how did you do the water ?

 

It is from the new Ocean -Water system i am working on for Sky Master ULTIMATE v3.0.

About Gaia and InfiniGRASS, i have now managed to apply the complex batching system in the Unity Editor as well, so the next version will be far better suited for mass planting and i will start working on that aspect, so then i will send over some ideas on how to be used with Gaia.

 

Sweet - i was just playing with your demo - very cool

If you can pick up the grass splat strengths from the terrain, and substitute your grass instead, then any standard unity terrain that has grass could benefit from your system.

I have a system where I cache grass details into arrays, modify them, and then apply them back into the terrain. I could leverage that, and swap your grass in and out accordingly. It could even be quite interesting to mix your grass, unity grass, and speed tree together to see how they look.

The image below is a mixture of Unity grass and SpeedTree. If you can make your shader perform well on large terrains then you are onto a winner here



I also really like the water in the your shots above!! Would be happy to show that off in some of my demo's as well.

 

Would definitly be great to have the ocean and grass work in Gaia, i will finish both systems a bit more and send them over when ready.

The grass has no much limitation in performance in game (and in the next version in editor too), as i use a LOD system to cut back like Unity terrain (but fully controllable).

The only limitation when extreme polygon counts is used is RAM, otherwise performance can be kept very high at all times (with static grass, dynamic depends on dynamic phase characteristics), indepently of the terrain size or grass amount.

Of course i have not yet tested with super extreme counts, so at that point maybe unity has some other limitations ( i remember seeing an "overhead" factor in profiler which is not linked to anything specifically at 30 million polygons for example).

This is the first version, so i expect to be some room for extra optimizations as well.

 

InfiniGRASS v1.2 has been submitted to Unity Asset Store and is pending review !!!

Enjoy new super fast editor preview speeds, object follow feature and much more.

InfiniGRASS v1.2 features:

- Unity Editor grass painting speed enchancement. Previewing grass in the Unity Editor will now be as fast as the in game performance. Painting speed has also been enchanced and proper brush settings are set automatically.

- Object follow mode. Grass may follow the translation/rotation of the object it is painted on.

- Two extra LOD stages added, for better control of ultra detailed items

- Many extra brushes added (rocks and mushrooms have been setup with the new LOD system)

- Grass scaling based on Unity Terrain splat maps (with weights for smooth transitions from tall to short grass)

- Tint and specularity/translucency effects are now applied per grass type, for more control over each brush look

- Some smaller enchancements, fixes and performance tweaks (fixed issue where grass would loose scaling in play mode after un-grow, fixed issue where Unity Terrain is needed to paint otherwise produced an error, added option to avoid hiting grass own collider while planting, added option to randomize brush rotation etc)

Thanks everyone for the big support and suggestions that helped the pack grow.

In this version the grass painted in the Unity Editor uses the same batching system that is used in game and the grass preview is super fast. If the grass created in v1.0 has any issue when entering play mode (gives an error or performance is slow which means batching is not working), it is recommended after installing v1.2 to ungrow and regrow the grass from the editor, in order to recreate the grass structures. If the grass is ungrown, regrow and ungrow again to reset. It is recommended to always backup the project or the scenes before applying new asset updates.

 

Misty - rainy day with InfiniGRASS and Sky Master ULTIMATE v3.0
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v1.2 is closer to release, it was submitted on Monday, so chances are should be up today or tomorrow.

The new v1.2 price will be $50 and the final price will move to $60 a few days later.

 

Side view of the 3D grass from ground level

 

Upcoming brushes in v1.3, painting ruins and ferns. All items and grass in the above pics are painted with InfiniGRASS system and can have all the LOD, snow and real time manipulation benefits, with incredible performance.

InfiniGRASS makes it possible to populate the map with a huge number of randomized items very easilly. These items can also be re-created at run time, so they dont count in the scene file size.

 

Grassy sphere in water and weed in shallows. All grass moves with the items it is painted on.

Using Sky Master ULTIMATE v3.0 water

 

"Ruins" brush (everythig in the map is painted with InfiniGRASS, snow coverage is performed by Sky Master ULTIMATE v3.0)




"Reliastic rock" brush WIP


UPDATE:
New "realistic rocks" brush for v1.3. A "ruins" and "fern" brush is also in the works.

InfiniGRASS v1.2 is now available through dropbox link​

The v1.2 update was submitted on Monday.

Since it has not passed review yet and it is to be released next week, i can provide a dropbox link of v1.2 for everyone interested, so the pack can be used with the new much improved speed in the Unity Editor (Editor speed is now as good as in play mode, using the same system), plus all the new features.

 

Realistic forest setting with InfiniGRASS and Sky Master v3.0




InfiniGRASS and Sky Master ULTIMATE v3.0 in action.

The goal is to come up with a new realistic style demo for InfiniGRASS v1.3, that will be pre-painted (and changable in game, plus have adjustable wind and other parameters).

The new Water system in Sky Master will also be used to form a pond to go along with the forest. The pond settings for water will be selectable among various other settings (clear isle water, crystal clear water, muddy underwater etc)

 

InfiniGRASS v1.2 is now up at the Unity Asset Store !!!

InfiniGRASS v1.2 features:

- Unity Editor grass painting speed enchancement. Previewing grass in the Unity Editor will now be as fast as the in game performance. Painting speed has also been enchanced and proper brush settings are set automatically.
- Object follow mode. Grass may follow the translation/rotation of the object it is painted on.
- Two extra LOD stages added, for better control of ultra detailed items
- Many extra brushes added (rocks and mushrooms have been setup with the new LOD system)
- Grass scaling based on Unity Terrain splat maps (with weights for smooth transitions from tall to short grass)
- Tint and specularity/translucency effects are now applied per grass type, for more control over each brush look
- Some smaller enchancements, fixes and performance tweaks (fixed issue where grass would loose scaling in play mode after un-grow, fixed issue where Unity Terrain is needed to paint otherwise produced an error, added option to avoid hiting grass own collider while planting, added option to randomize brush rotation etc)

 

Grass can be painted anywhere (with a collider) and can move along with objects


Deep forest


Deep forest and fences, light/mood/volume fog control with Sky Master ULTIMATE v3.0

Grass and other items (mushrooms etc) have been painted in real time on the terrain surface using InfiniGRASS.

Fence was created with the included fence generator module.

 

Do you plan on adding mass placement based on textures in the near future? Or terrain composer support of some kind?

 

This is the top priority for the next update (v1.3) and also the most asked feature.

After i get that right, i plan to add support for GAIA first and then Terrain Composer in later updates as extra options for the mass placement.

EDIT: Also i should note that the actual system to place grass is trivial to code, so once i have a good undertsanding of how to spread it around the map, the coding itself should take less than a day to do and a few more to test/tweak.

 

Features planned for InfniGRASS v1.3
- Mass spread of grass using terrain splat textures (weighted)
- Global scale parameter to easilly adjust brushes for the desired world scale
- New ultra realistic forest (with pond) demo, that will also use the latest Sky Master ULTIMATE version to present how the grass works with the Water and Snow systems.
- Many new brushes (more rock types, moss, plants and much more)

Please if you like the pack, when possible, leave a review so i can work much faster on upcoming updates.

As i am a one man team, reviews help a lot in keeping the developement for packs full time and delivering extra features much faster.

Thanks a lot in advance for any reviews for the packs.​

 

Wow that's awesome! You sure are fast for a one man team.

 

ill have a punt on this.. been looking for decent grass for almost a year!

 

Thanks

Great, let me know for any questions that come up during using the system.

I am also actively working to make some etxra enchancements to support massive maps with the super detailed grass and many more enchancements for the next version (v1.3)

 

ok - I cant seem to add grass to anything unless its the original terrain or tagged as PPaint (ij have 3 terrains and can only add to 1 like i say unless its tagged PPaint ). Also when I start the game up and run around there is no grass there even although it shows just before the game is starting in the scene view. If you are available right now i can talk to you on teamspeak and show you exactly whats happening ?

 

Hi Barry

Indeed the grass painting is controlled for other objects by the PPaint tag, so the painting wont go to unwanted places.

For more than one main the other terrains can be activated by PPaint also.

If you would like an option to have no tag check, i can inlcude one in the next update as well.

About the grass not showing, this probably has to do with the LOD Cut off distance or Fade out distances (on grass shader), if the player (or camera if no player is defined) is in higher than those distances, grass will be invisible, so you can check those out as a first step to see what is happening.

I wont be able to speak today as i am in the office, but we can definitly arrange a meeting tomorrow or Sunday. We can speak/write in Facebook also if you like, which i can do at any time.

 

tomorrow any time would be great.. ill try to crack on with it just now. I have a teamspeak server that we can use. I will pm you

 

Ok, i will notify if i can tomorrow, so we can talk.

Normally grass should appear, i just tested with two terrains and there is no issue, so it is something probably to do with the LODs or Fade distances.

These are calculated from the Main Camera also (if player is not tag - explicitly defined) so i would also check if the main camera is accesible at game start.

When more than one terrains are used, it is best to have PPaint on both, so you can paint in real time on both no matter where the hero is