[RELEASED] Dynamic Nature - shaders, models, system, textures

I see that in at least some of the Vegetation Studio compatible prefabs, the trunk does not extend to connect with the top branches, which leaves them floating in mid air, as show below for ‘Fir_07_Forest_Cheap’. In the foreground center trees, you'll see the top branches are floating.

It seems this happens only for some scale ranges.

Any suggestions?

 

Its because of lods. We will fix that in upcomming week.

 

@NatureManufacture I just upgraded to unity 2017.2 and all the trees and grass look red... is there an update/fix for 2017 ? I'm using the latest version. This is what it looks like now, and this before 2017.2

 

Yes for unity 2017 there are more shaders, faster shaders and trees shader also is fixed. like we mention please download unity 2017 v of the pack for unity 2017

 

@NatureManufacture where can I find the 2017 version ? I re-downloaded the one in asset store still same issue.. https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/dynamic-nature-starter-79388

 

what errors you get? It should automaticly download it for you.

 

Hello, @NatureManufacture -- I didn't see a new release addressing the above, am I looking in the wrong spot?

 

Sorry. I will put dev into it today. We had really bussy week - releasing new 5months project.

 

Thanks for that. I really wasn't trying to push, but again, thank you.

 

Np its your right

 

@NatureManufacture I have been desperate for a decent general nature asset on mobile for sometime. I am using/testing on an older Andoird (Samsung S5). I know this is a VERY broad question but does anyone have any general numbers on how this package performs? I noticed based on 1 user comment that the assets were unable to receive shadows, is this the case?

 

This assets are rather for pc. Grass snow or ice shading fit mobiles well.

 

Fix will be available tommorow.

 

That's what actually what I've been hunting for... something for Android. BTW, know anything that will slice a BIG mesh (terrain converted)

 

@NatureManufacture

Could you reupload the script pls? Would be awesome to find helper like this in the asset folder too

 

Terrain to mesh or something from this publisher?

 

Im a bit sick now. I will check as soon as i will be on legs.

 

Something from this publisher.

 

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/terrain/terrain-to-mesh-47276
It could export multiple meshes from 1 terrain. Not sure if this could cut existing mesh.

 

Yeah, I just picked it up. Does a really good job and is super simple to use.

 

Maybe is a silly question but, I want to dynamically change my seasons in trees, grass and terrain, and Dynamic Nature Starter seems to do the job, but I was also looking to CTS as well, and it seems to do the same? (excluding the trees and grass?) is there a table comparing which assets and funcitonlity CTS and Dynamic Nature share? so I don't have to buy both (yet) at the same time.

 

I could be wrong about this as it's been a little while since I've used either of these (I have both), but if I remember from my experiments correctly, the main benefit Dynamic Nature offers over CTS is the ability to add snow coverage to ALL of your models (after a small amount of configuration), whereas CTS will only do terrain.

Like I said, I could be wrong. But that's what I'm remembering.

 

oh alright.

Also does the asset have configurations or way to configure for Autumn, Spring and Summer or whatever season just by replacing textures or modifying shader parameters?

edit: I bought the asset and confirm the shader slider has a season parameter which turns from green healthy looking to orangish fall looking the tree leaves

 

@NatureManufacture I think you should update your asset description because I think it is misleading when you say 6 trees, one imagines 6 different types of trees when it only includes TWO types of trees with variations, it only includes a birch and a willow in other words. I should have asked before buying it, I needed a pine.

 

6 trees = 6 tree models not 6 types. We didnt include any pine. Ahh this is probably because you saw pine in ice world / ice shading demo?

 

@NatureManufacture Yeah was an error of my part I should've been informed better.

Anyway I have another question, the terrain shader has only 4 slots for albedo and normal, is it possible to have more than this? (I guess I can edit the shader in shader forge but I dont have shader forge...) because for example I have 10 textures in my terrain, when I add the custom material with your Terrain Snow Cover shader, all the remaining textures are shown in black

 

I will extend it in new update but to be honest main terrain shader for such snow is CTS,

It have better snow cover etc. It was also made by us. It's faster first pass shader.

 

@NatureManufacture Yeah it was a dilemma because I could only afford one of them, and chose Dynamic Nature instead just because of the trees :/

 

@NatureManufacture is there a way to ignore a certain texture or mask it with the snow shader included in Dynamic Nature - Starter? if not, any suggestion on how to do it? (without having to get CTS...). In the example below I dont want snow to cover the path

 

There is snow amount per player so you could reduce it on path.

 

Oh alright the albedo snow reduction, would be nice to have some kind of mask, since that decreases amount of snow anywhere the texture is used.

 

@NatureManufacture which wind zone affects the trees? I have gaia's wind zone and enviro sky wind zone and as much as I modify the value the tree's don't get affected by it, where can I modify the wind strength on the trees? (I'm using birch snow seasonal prefabs)

 

Ah by mask, I will check anyway

This trees need update to our new hd srp wind (we will finish update in the end next week) so you will get same affect as we made in Mountain Trees - Dynamic Nature and our Advanced Foliage Pack (grass)
https://gyazo.com/8b30cf9835422b238c8b8a68324c09f5
https://gyazo.com/ca18df17342c6c054634f7f542a68176

Until this moment you have to change direction and power in each material.

 

Oh that would be awesome, looking forward to the update, thanks

 

@NatureManufacture sorry to bother again. Two questions:

1. How can I modify the SnowManager snow amount slider through code? it only exposes the snowValue which is calculated on the editor snowmanager script for the slider, so when I change the snowValue it does nothing. What I do is the following

snowManager.snowValue = 2;

Shader.SetGlobalFloat("_Snow_Amount", Mathf.Clamp(snowManager.snowValue * snowManager.snowGrassValue, 0, snowManager.snowGrassValueMax));

but maybe there's a proper way?

2. Is there another global value for wind like "_Snow_Amount" global but that afects all materials' WindPower value?

Thanks

 

@NatureManufacture Can you explain to me how I can blend the rock with the terrain with your StandardMetallicUVFreeSnow shader? i tried replacing the texture slots, but it doesn't blend with terrain, or can you show me an example if possible?
thanks

 

Sorry but this screen is a bit to small hm.... Could you show me material properties which you used?
Also watch the tilling it must be same like in terrain.

 

It will be in next update in our converted hd srp wind.
Did you handle this problem with snow or you still need info?

 

@NatureManufacture yes, here is how it looks, I don´t know if the package includes those missing textures or I should make my own? or how doe sit work for the rocks to merge the texture with the terrain at the bottom?

 

@NatureManufacture I didn't find a better solution, I am using the code I posted basically copied the code from the SnowManager, if there's a better way to directly control that slider in the SnowManager through my script, would be nice to know. thanks!

 

@NatureManufacture is there any ETA on updating this asset to be in line with all your other assets? Would be nice to have VS prefabs so I don't have to mess with it every update.

 

a) you will get new trees (more and more optimised)
b) you will get all VS compatibile (at unite berlin will be avaialable to see at our booth)
c) huge optimisations
d) lw srp support
and much more. It will be very soon after unite

We need sometime - last week we spent on presentations on our unite booth.

 

Not going to be at Unity Berlin but looking forward to those changes asap.

 

Most assets for it are done just need few days to merge everythong from.team and clean

 

Is this fully compatible with Unity 2018.1? Also, I have to ask this newbie question as I haven't tried freezing water yet: Will this do it even partially? I'm using Community Ocean Shader for the water.

 

It works nornaly with any unity version. We atm at unite berlin with our both but wjen we will back we will try to give big update with many cool chages optimisations assets and features.
Frozen water is ratherseparate shader so it coudnt froze others. I feel like there could be made some tricks to achive that like 2 objects and when ice comes it start to overlay water background but I didnt test that myself yet.

 

Ok, thanks for the reply! Good to know this asset is continually being improved and supported.

 

We always

We always support our assets and for free. Some of them have few years now and we will adjust them and add stuff to support all new future engines. So they were never deprecated.

 

hey there, so i do have a sort of small question on the work flow.

i did buy both CTS and the Dynamic Nature Starter, but i am unsure how to make both work with each other.

basically, what i am trying to achieve, is have one environment, and have it switch between multiple seasons, across multiple scenes.
(same scene, but i duplicate it, and switch season) this basically is my goal.

grass: where should i use the prefabs that are in it, and then use the Snow Manager that comes with the Dynamic Nature Starter, or should i use the Textures, and simply add them directly into unity terrain, and maybe the Weather Controller of CTS will handle it?

for trees: should i add the trees prefabs manually, or plug them into the unity terrain itself?

lastly for rocks: i thought i'd be able to make them change "seasons" without having to replace the prefabs for each scene, was i mistaken or is there some way that i am missing?

sorry for the beginner stuff questions, its just that, i maybe have gotten myself a bit too lost i bought both assets, knowing they'd help me with the environment immensely but i seem to be a bit lost, on how to make both work with each other.

(also very excited to hear there is a new update )
note: i am using 2018.1.5f1

 

Please check our demo scenes inside project. There is anwer for all questions.
For unity terrain you don't have to do anything with grass - it work because we overwrite grass shading to add snow.
For trees both are correct but terrain is faster.
Yes you could change seasons for rock without changing scene - just set snow value 0 or 1 in materials or our script which manage snow amount in connected materials.
CTS and dynamic nature have same snow slider - same value name etc.