[G] Overview of Foliages and how to use them

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

August 06 2011 23:24 GMT

Hey guys,

this is an overview of all the different foliages which are by default assigned to specific textures but of course you can and should always experiment with this and mix it up to create something new and interesting.

So first of all I should probably explain to everyone who doesn't know how to assign different foliages to a texture how it works:

First start the data editor.
Then you go to Data Type: Terrain Textures and search for the texture which foliage you want to change.
Click on it and go to Doodads.
Here you can add/remove values. These values represent a type of model or in general a mix of models that will appear as your foliage.

The options for every value are pretty self-explanatory:

Model: Choose the model/set of models you want to use (which includes like every model there is)

Probability: How probable it is for this model/set of models it is to appear, the higher you set it, the more there will be

Random Rotation: If the models are rotated randomly. Normally you will always want this cause otherwise it looks straight and unnatural.

You can add many different values and vary the probabilities to get some nice mixes.

As an example, in this screenshot I added values with the models of „Agria Tree“, „Agria Underbrush“, „Agria Foliage“ and „Agria Debris“ and got his (btw, obviously you would not use stuff this big as foliage on playable areas on your map

So now that you know how to do it, here is a list of models/sets of models that are used by default on certain textures or could be used (all pictures were taken on Xil Sand with Xil lighting):

Quick Overview 1
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Quick Overview 2
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Part 1 of the detailed overview

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Agria Shrub
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Bel Shir Alien Plant
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Bel Shir Alien Shrubs
+ Show Spoiler [Bel Shir Alien Shrubs] +

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Bel Shir Dry Shrubs
+ Show Spoiler [Bel Shir Dry Shrubs] +

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Bel Shir Flowers
+ Show Spoiler [Bel Shir Flowers] +

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Bel Shir Shrubs
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Bush
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Plants Alien
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PlantsJungle
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Plants Wasteland
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AvernusGroundMix
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Port Zion Ground Mix
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Dynamic Grass Agria
+ Show Spoiler [Dynamic Grass Agria] +

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Dynamic Grass Aiur
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Dynamic Grass Bel'Shir
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Dynamic Grass Haven
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Dynamic Grass Korhal
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Dynamic Grass Mar Sara
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Dynamic Grass Shakuras
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Dynamic Grass Tarsonis
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Dynamic Grass Xil
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Plant Mix Agria
+ Show Spoiler [Plant Mix Agria] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

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Plant Mix Aiur
+ Show Spoiler [Plant Mix Aiur] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

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Plant Mix Bel'Shir
+ Show Spoiler [Plant Mix Bel'Shir] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

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Plant Mix Char
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Plant Mix Haven
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Plant Mix Mar Sara
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Plant Mix Monlyth
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Plant Mix Shakuras
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Plant Mix Tarsonis
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Plant Mix Typhon
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Plant Mix Xil
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Plant Mix Zhakul Das
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Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

August 06 2011 23:25 GMT

And post 2 cause this is so f-ing much

Part2 of the detailed overview
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Rock Mix Agria
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Agria] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

+ Show Spoiler [Ingame Zoom] +

Rock Mix Aiur
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Aiur] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

+ Show Spoiler [Ingame Zoom] +

Rock Mix Avernus
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Avernus] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

+ Show Spoiler [Ingame Zoom] +

Rock Mix Bel'Shir
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Bel'Shir] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

+ Show Spoiler [Ingame Zoom] +

Rock Mix Braxis Alpha
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Braxis Alpha] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

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Rock Mix Char
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Char] +

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Rock Mix Haven
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Haven] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

+ Show Spoiler [Ingame Zoom] +

Rock Mix Mar Sara
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Mar Sara] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

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Rock Mix Meinhoff
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Rock Mix Monlyth
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+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

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Rock Mix New Folsom
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+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

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Rock Mix Port Zion
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Port Zion] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

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Rock Mix Redstone
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Redstone] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

+ Show Spoiler [Ingame Zoom] +

Rock Mix Shakuras
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Shakuras] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

+ Show Spoiler [Ingame Zoom] +

Rock Mix Tarsonis
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Tarsonis] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

+ Show Spoiler [Ingame Zoom] +

Rock Mix Typhon
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Typhon] +

+ Show Spoiler [Close-Up] +

+ Show Spoiler [Ingame Zoom] +

RockMixTyrador
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Rock Mix Ulaan
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RockMixUlnar
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Rock Mix Valhalla
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Rock Mix Xil
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Xil] +

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+ Show Spoiler [Ingame Zoom] +

Rock Mix Zhakul Das
+ Show Spoiler [Rock Mix Zhakul Das] +

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Finally I'm done lol^^

monitor

United States2408 Posts

August 06 2011 23:30 GMT

Sheesh, that's a lot of pictures! Assigning foliage to a certain texture is pretty cool. Glad you made a guide to it! And these pictures are pretty helpful too.

Johanaz

Denmark363 Posts

August 06 2011 23:34 GMT

Wow! This must have taken forever to put together. Kudos for all your hard work!

Great to have this foliage library, thanks!

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

August 06 2011 23:37 GMT

On August 07 2011 08:34 Johanaz wrote:
Wow! This must have taken forever to put together. Kudos for all your hard work!

Great to have this foliage library, thanks!

Took me most of this day lol, the Bnet Invitational was pretty distracting... but yeah, better to finish it in one run, I wouldn't want to work on this tomorrow :D

And @monitor, yeah there are more than 110 pictures I used^^

JayJay_90

Germany1632 Posts

August 10 2011 16:06 GMT

Wow this is really helpful and I bet it took a lot of time! Thanks for the contribution!
Feel free to do more guides like that.

prodiG

Canada2016 Posts

August 10 2011 16:12 GMT

Barrin, sticky nao pls :D

Randomaccount#77123

United States5003 Posts

August 10 2011 19:00 GMT

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iGrok

United States5142 Posts

August 10 2011 19:53 GMT

On August 11 2011 04:00 Barrin wrote:
Lol, I've looked at this thread a few times and I just now realized how awesome it is. I always knew this was possible, and a month or so ago I thought about researching it and making this thread myself. I never realized quite how awesome it is though so I never tried to learn it >.< Thanks Ragoo!

You probably already guessed, but I have instructions on what is sticky-worthy and unfortunately this does not qualify

You should definitely add it to your guide compendium!

G_Wen

Canada525 Posts

August 10 2011 21:05 GMT

#10

Awesome guide I wish I knew this about 6 months ago. Back then I was doing this by texturing the map then swapping the textures and publishing before the new foliage kicked in. It was a pain and this method doesn't work anymore.

The best thing is you can even use this to add foliage to sets that don't natively have one for some truly unique textures. This should definitely be added to the compendium guide, which might need an overhaul right about now since Blizzard is posting tutorials.

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

August 10 2011 22:33 GMT

#11

On August 11 2011 04:53 iGrok wrote:
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You should definitely add it to your guide compendium!

Yeah, I guess that would make sense wouldn't it?

Thanks everyone! I'm glad you like it.

I hope in the future I will see map makers use this to its full potential.
The normal foliage assigned to a texture mostly is good and makes it look natural, but if you change it you can have very nice contrasts and mixes. Hopefully good maps in the future don't only have excellent texturing and good doodad work, but also innovative foliage

a176

Canada6688 Posts

August 10 2011 23:47 GMT

#12

Awesome.

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