Object Settings

• Basic Settings
• Render Settings
• Color

Basic Settings

The basic settings for a detail object such as prefab, size, and color are set in the Terrain component using Unity's default tools. Follow these steps to edit the settings:

1. Go to the 'Paint Details' tab in your Terrain component.
2. Select the detail that you want to edit in the list.
3. Click 'Edit Details...' and choose 'Edit'.
4. Change the properties in the  'Edit Detail Mesh' popup.

Detail

The prefab to use for the detail. Render Settings and material can be edited directly on the prefab (see below).

Noise Spread

The size of the noise that is applied to the color and scale. Larger values reduce the size.

Min Width

Minimum scale for the detail.

Max Width

Maximum scale for the detail.

Min Height

Minimum scale for the detail.

Max Height

Maximum scale for the detail.

Healthy Color

Color variation 1 (Set both Healthy and Dry to white to disable coloring and use the material's color instead)

Dry Color

Color variation 2.

Render Mode

Ignored by Nature Renderer

Render Settings

More advanced settings related to the rendering of the object are set in the Mesh Renderer component of the selected prefab. You can change the following settings:

Cast Shadows

Enable to have the detail object cast shadows.

Receive Shadows

Enable to have the detail object receive shadows from other objects in the scene.

Light Probes

Set the Light Probes field to 'Custom Provided' to enable light probe sampling for the detail object. Only works if Procedural Instancing is disabled in the Nature Renderer component.

Material

Nature Renderer will use the material that is set in the Mesh Renderer component. It is recommended to use the included "Nature Shaders/Grass" shader for the material but you can also use a custom shader if you have one.

Color

The color for detail objects is set using the 'Healthy' and 'Dry' colors. These colors are blended based on a noise texture that is spread out over the terrain. Therefore, some parts will use the Healthy color, while other parts use the Dry color. The Noise Spread value determines the size of this noise.

It is also possible to change the color of the detail objects directly in the material of the object. To do this, set both the Healthy and Dry colors to white and then select the material that is used by the detail object prefab and edit the color in the Color Correction section of the material.