Procedural Grass, Tree and GameObject generator for Unity Terrain

Still in the very early stages and, as such, everything is subject to change.

I was looking for a tool similar to this for the inbuilt Unity Terrain component but they were all incredibly expensive, so I decided to build my own! I aim to release this as a pay-what-you-want type of thing on my website (so free, essentially) and for around $5 on the Asset Store.
I realise that for big projects using the Unity Terrain system isn't the most efficient but I'm sure some people will find a use for this




Features:

Grass/Details
- Multiple draw distances for grass (can extend beyond 250 also)
- Completely customisable grass density, spread and randomness
- Grass can be set to spawn between minimum and maximum heights and steepness.
- Different grass can have different wind settings.
- Can spawn the same grass prototype multiple times and each time can have different settings (above).
- Gradual spawning (Spawn all at once or over time)
- Original detail map doesn't get overwritten. So you can design a terrain like normal, then use this script to generate details over the top!

Trees
- Multiple billboard and render distances
- Tree height offset (can render slightly under terrain)
- General tree settings (height, width, rotation)
- Tree collider can be toggled
- Min/Max height and steepness (as above)

GameObjects
- Pretty much the same options as for Trees above

Quality Settings
- All above settings can also be tweaked for different graphical settings, so you can have a lot of things being generated or hardly any, depending on the graphics level (this is demonstrated in the video below)

Very early promo video

Not sure about the name and if anyone can think of any features please let me know, just after feedback really, and potentially beta testers at some point

What do you guys think?

 

Looks nice.

Regarding the name, I thought it is an asset from these guys when I recognized the title: http://planetside.co.uk

 

Oops, looks like I didn't search hard enough. I'll think up a different name, thanks for the heads up!

 

Update
Grass and trees no longer overwrite the original.
This means you can design a terrain and then use this script to procedurally generate some details over the top!

 

Do you have any link, where we can find your asset?

 

Project on hold due to lack of interest, sorry
I'll send you a copy of the beta if I can get it into a releasable state

 

Ah really? It seems interesting and explicitly if I search procedural grass only your posts appears so, you have at least my interest. Because if I use billboards, even if I have 30 types... it is pretty ugly in bigger density as everything is same rotated, and climbing the same way... it is good as a decoration, but not as main grass...

So please send it as soon as it is releasable. Thank you.

 

so sad.. it looked like a good asset for decoration as fill in open landscapes

 

I'm interested! You should finish this

 

@Osirius Sent you a PM about your asset.

 

I am very interested in this for my Island walking simulator!

 

This sounds very cool - if you don't intend on releasing it, it would definitely make a great tech article