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Description
This plugin provides you with a tree controller, that allows you to plant large forests consisting of trees mostly created by girafe. On lower altitudes, leafy trees are being planted, and the higher you go, eventually mixed forests, conifer forests, shrubby plains and meadows with flowers will appear instead. Aside from the conifer trees, all plants will be seasonal. As already announced, I've been aiming at creating a tree controller that
- basically does what its name says: it plants trees and only trees,
- keeps filesize expansion moderate,
- allows for seamless transitions between god-mode planted flora and MMP's
- and uses high-quality HD flora.
NEW with version 1.03:
I've added two extra versions for the evergreen tree controller: one making all trees look like fall trees, and one for winter trees. You can swap at any time between these three tree controllers (fall, summer, and winter) by replacing their file (for instance, replacing the summer file with the fall file will make all trees planted with the CETC look like fall trees). All trees that have already been planted will automatically adapt their in-game appearance.
The purpose of doing this: I've noticed, at least in my region, that when playing for a long time (in-game), sometimes the cycle for the seasonally changing trees gets postponed by one month. In some cases, I've had fall trees growing right next to summer trees. I haven't been able to find out how to solve this issue, so this is at least a partial solution. Other than that, I thought that this may be an interesting alternative to seasonally changing trees: Just make them look always the same until you replace a file in your Plugins folder. After all, we do only need seasonally changing trees for good looks and screenshots.
For users of versions below 1.03: Please uninstall the old files prior to installing the new ones. You do not need to remove God-Mode planted trees beforehand.
Please make sure to carefully read the installation instructions (see Readme) before just trying it, regarding which files that come with this plugin you need actually if you want to install the CETC properly.
Important note: Generally, tree controllers are not intercompatible and an attempt to install multiple tree controllers may cause unexpected behaviour of the game. In the worst case, you may never be able to load any city in a particular region again until you have corrected all mistakes. Unless you know exactly what you do, stick to these two rules when dealing with tree controllers:
Never install more than 1 tree controller at a time!
When switching to another tree controller, always remove any and all trees planted with your previous tree controller before uninstalling your old tree controller!
Available languages: Basically, the CETC adapts to any language, but the Readmes are available in English and German.
Discussion, Feedback, Bug reports: Please post them in this thread:
Dependencies
BSC VIP Girafe Flora Pack: A long row of trees (and flowers) made by girafe are required for this tree controller.
https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/27-sc4d-LEX-legacy-bsc-vip-girafe-flora
BSC Common Dependencies Pack: Contains a few seasonally changing bushes that are part of this plugin as well.
https://sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/3-sc4d-LEX-legacy-bsc-common-dependencies-pack
Seasonal Flora Patch: If you don’t have a terrain mod or if your terrain mod doesn‘t support seasonally changing flora, you need this patch to make sure that the seasonal version of the CETC works properly (the evergreen version will work without the Seasonal Flora Patch).
Note: To my knowledge, the following terrain mods do not require installation of the Seasonal Flora Patch (please feel free to tell me if otherwise):
- Berner Oberland (Gobias)
- Sudden Valley (Gobias)
- Appalachian Terrain Mod (Lowkee)
Credits
- Girafe, CP for creating the trees used by the CETC in the first place – without their work, this tree controller would have never existed
What's New 1.03 View Changelog
Released
Two extra versions for the evergreen tree controller: one making all trees look like fall trees, and one for winter trees.
For users of versions below 1.03: Please uninstall the old files prior to installing the new ones. You do not need to remove God-Mode planted trees beforehand.
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