When placing scenery manually.

[jpetersjr]

When placing your scenery manually, such as desert sage, is there a way to get it to snap to the terrain automatically so it doesn't disappear into the ground but cover the mountain instead?

[Bananarama]

To get a large area to snap to terrain, it is my understanding that the only way is when using the object as child containers of a blueprint. I haven't yet tried this myself.

[Rich_S]

When placing your scenery manually, such as desert sage, is there a way to get it to snap to the terrain automatically so it doesn't disappear into the ground but cover the mountain instead?

Are you using the Asset Block then selecting desert sage for use with the Asset Block?

Regards,
Rich S.

[jpetersjr]

Haven't figured out how to use it, actually can't figure out how to make it place the scenery.

[kin3]

Try drawing a circle around it to select it then hit 'P' it think it is. All in the circle will snap to terrain.

[jpetersjr]

Didn't work, is there a different button to make it do that?

Just tried it.

[Rich_S]

That should be the "J" key to snap the object to the terrain. How steep of a hillside are you trying to plant these bushes on? The Asset Block is fairly simple to use. Select it from the list, place it on the terrain and single left click, when the second yellow square appears, single right click, the Asset Block you just placed should be outlined in yellow, if yes double click on it to bring up the top Right fly-out. In the top Right fly-out you can select the Density, scale (which will increase the size of the bush) rotation (do you want straight rows or circular rows) and lastly you can pick from the list what object you want displayed in the Asset Block. The one thing I did notice about the Desert Sage, the way the object is created it will not lay flat on a hillside, it's better suited for flat terrain.

Regards,
Rich S.

[jpetersjr]

Do you know of what would be a good substitute for desert sage so the desert scene still looks like this scene in this photograph?

New Mexico desert mountain scenery style..jpg