Ok first I am no way trying to compete against UUFFlakke and his wonderful talents. I hope he does not mind if If I try to do a Pacific pack trees at 2048x2048. Carsmaster has given us a great HD mod to be able to have the High rez files.
I have downloaded different Palm trees. Pandan, Pandunas and Plumeria are in the arsenal. Also have Coconut and Banana trees. Have access to different brush.
If I knew how to get in the Palm tree in the static file I would try to change that object and add more like coconut and banana.
Nothing wrong with some healthy competition here! It will improve the game for sure.
As long as we can keep it sportive and constructive.
I remember I used to work on a modded object and someone else released a much better version of it. So I put mine back on the shelf to collect dust.
Anyway, about the trees.
Tree=0 will be a kind of a problem for repainting them as a banana tree for instance. The 3D model of Tree=0 is somewhere hidden but it will always look like shrubs around the tree trunk. Which is noticable with less to no leaves on the branches.
But if you want to change the look of them there are three files involved. For instance:
-AlteredBush8a.tga
-AlteredBush8aTL.tga
-AlteredBush8aTrunkTL.tga
AlteredBush8a.tga is meant for those who play the game on Excellent Settings instead of Perfect.
Here is an overview (I made it for myself a long time ago as a reminder) that shows which part of the .tga is responsible for what tree.
Remember the red one also generates the shadows of the trees.
About repainting the 3D trees and the static.ini
It depends what you want to do. If it is only a repaint no need to change anything in the static.ini.
In case you want to add your repainted version as a new object you can copy paste the entry of that specific object in the static.ini and edit a bit.
This the entry we already have in game:
[buildings.House$FurnitureTreeBanana]
Title TreeBanana
MeshLive 3do/Tree/Banana/live.sim
MeshDead 3do/Tree/Banana/live.sim
Body WoodMiddle
Panzer 0.10
And you want to add your TreeBananaHD2048 (or whatever the folder is named) to it then change the entry like:
[buildings.House$FurnitureTreeBananaHD2048]
Title TreeBananaHD2048
MeshLive 3do/Tree/BananaHD2048/live.sim
MeshDead 3do/Tree/BananaHD2048/live.sim
Body WoodMiddle
Panzer 0.10
Ever heard of
http://cgtextures.com/ ?
Subscribe and you can download 15 mb for free. I used a .png file for one of my Slovakia trees.