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Douglas Fir Clusters
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Douglas Fir Clusters

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The Tree

Douglas Firs (Pseudotsuga Menziesii) are tall, slender conifers native to the American West and cultivated worldwide. These adaptable pioneer trees take root in a variety of biomes. They serve as the backbone of ecosystems and logging industries alike.

The diversity of Dougs allows them to resemble a variety of other tree species, resulting in several confusing names. Indeed, Douglas Firs aren't true firs, but rather a unique member of the pine family.

Introduction

This is the final entry in the Douglas Fir family for the time being. These are forest clusters containing several trees each, and they're ideal for making large forests. They improve performance by reducing the number of entities on screen and they dramatically reduce the total number of trees you need to use. Nevertheless, each individual tree in the cluster is still "fully detailed", making them pretty up close but a GPU hug in large numbers. If you're trying to maximize performance, I recommend checking out my recently released "Low Poly Douglas Firs", which also includes clusters.

Technical

- All 12 assets in the pack share two 1k x 2k texture sets. The Loading Screen Mod should eliminate the vast majority of functional RAM requirement for this pack. These textures are shared with the other Douglas Firs I've made.

- Tri counts are very high per asset; but about average "per meter covered". It's comparable to using a larger number of individual trees.

- I did NOT alter tree sway on these assets. Based on my experience with the previous packs, I now recommend using the Tree Movement Control mod to reduce sway, which can eliminate sway on LODs as well, and doubles for random tree rotation.

- Tree LOD Fix is critical as always.

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12 Comments
Alecthelm 6 Jun, 2022 @ 10:21am 
i miss you as an creator, and more as an person always open and responsive to Feedback in Class and Style.
cakethulu 2 Dec, 2021 @ 10:54am 
Thanks for these clusters! I loved the other doug fir pack, and this will make it much easier to build thick forests :) What grass cluster are you using under the trees in the screenshots? Also, any particular map theme in use when you're making these?
天际线予哥 14 Oct, 2021 @ 3:27am 
Hello there.I am a cities skyline player who love trees. Can you make some simple trees for me? I will pay for them. The price will be disccuessed to meet your expection. Waiting for your reply!Thanks.
grayone9 29 Jul, 2021 @ 3:16pm 
Thank you so much for this! I can finally make my cities look like home. I actually want to build again. Can't wait for Sitka. Just sayin' ;D
matthewsk84life 22 May, 2021 @ 9:45pm 
It would be nice to have more different Palm trees and cactus! can you create some please? and tropical plants please!
Silk Boxer Wedgie 11 May, 2021 @ 8:47am 
Greyflame -- your assets are everywhere in my city -- especially the rocks and pine scrubs. I know people saddle you with requests all the time, but I'd stabmaster-arson for a decent tamarind tree. Just putting it out there.
Greyflame  [author] 8 May, 2021 @ 4:31pm 
giraffarex - Sitka Spruce is on the list! Might take me a bit, it's a big list xD
giraffarex 7 May, 2021 @ 6:00pm 
Sitka spruce on the way?
Greyflame  [author] 1 May, 2021 @ 6:42pm 
matthewsk84life - I've had a few requests like that, and it's on my radar. It's also out of my comfort zone, though. I mostly model trees that I can go out and touch in my neighborhood, and we have limited palms and no cacti at all. So I wouldn't hold your breath, but it's something I would like to do eventually.
matthewsk84life 1 May, 2021 @ 11:44am 
It would be nice to have more different Palm trees and cactus! can you create some please?