grass region cut terrain

[LeeDrafter]

Hi All,

I think this is probably a question with an easy answer, but I can't think of it. I would like to be able to turn on and off a "grass region". The reason is sometimes I'd rather just see the terrain perimeter and to save some of my computer's energy, but I still want to turn on the grass region for final renderings. I have put my grass region on it's own layer so I can turn it off, but it leaves a hole in the terrain when it is off. Is there a way to have the grass region not make a hole?

 

Thank you,

Lee

[Michael_Gia]

20 hours ago, LeeDrafter said:

Is there a way to have the grass region not make a hole?

 

Yes, use another software.

 

This is one of the most frustrating bugs ever since the grass region was introduced.  

 

Great that we have that feature (half baked) but not great that it doesn't just turn off by hiding it's layer.

 

Unless someone else can chime in, I don't know the fix for this.  I would love to get embarrassed with a solution.

 

Which is why I use AI to do my final renderings.  No grass region to deal with.  Don't waste your time.  Chief is not for renderings.

[Gawdzira]

Will the grass region copy and paste from another file? Not a great solution but if it does then delete and paste in when needed.

[LeeDrafter]

2 hours ago, Michael_Gia said:

 

Yes, use another software.

 

This is one of the most frustrating bugs ever since the grass region was introduced.  

 

Great that we have that feature (half baked) but not great that it doesn't just turn off by hiding it's layer.

 

Unless someone else can chime in, I don't know the fix for this.  I would love to get embarrassed with a solution.

 

Which is why I use AI to do my final renderings.  No grass region to deal with.  Don't waste your time.  Chief is not for renderings.

Thank you, I'm glad I'm not the only one having the problem. Maybe I'll suggest a fix to CA. I don't dedicate much time to my renderings which is why a really like the new grass- it makes it look way better with no extra work. I'll probably just delete grass when I don't need it and replace it when I do. But thanks for the reply!

[LeeDrafter]

1 hour ago, Gawdzira said:

Will the grass region copy and paste from another file? Not a great solution but if it does then delete and paste in when needed.

yes, I just tried it and that does work. You're right, not the solution I was hoping for, but it may be a bit faster than deleting redrawing the grass region.Thanks for the recommendation!

[SHCanada2]

I would move it to another part of the terrain out of the camera view, then move it back using p2p move(hopefully that would work if you marked a corner first)

[LeeDrafter]

19 minutes ago, SHCanada2 said:

I would move it to another part of the terrain out of the camera view, then move it back using p2p move(hopefully that would work if you marked a corner first)

yes, that's actually what I have been doing, that works well too. Thanks!