UltraSceneryXT extract a plant

mark_z2487

I own UltraSceneryXT and quite a few of the biome and material addons

How do I extract a particular plant to use in a non- UltraSceneryXT scene?

Richard Haseltine

Make sure it is the original, not an instance, and use File>Save As>Scene Subset.

mark_z2487

thanks, I am still missing something:

 

I start a new UltraSceneryXT project, selecting a preset, one of the topicals

As it is rendering, there is an expand arrow next to the UltraSceneryXT object

If I stop the rendering, or let it finish, the expand arrow disappears

If I do File>Save As>Scene Subset I only see the UltraSceneryXT object, no items below it

Richard Haseltine

The hidden items are mostly instances anyway, I think.

mark_z2487

Richard Haseltine said:

The hidden items are mostly instances anyway, I think.

All items are hidden, the only thing that show is the land object, it seems like everything else is created at render time and them evaporates

I have another product, country ford, that is made with instances as you describe, so I understand that

This is not like that

 

mark_z2487

The sub item arrow shows up as an image is rendering, when the rendering stops the arrow is gone

MelanieL

Which plant(s) are you trying to extract? The USCXT product itself and the Tropics add-ons have the individual plants as Props (look in Smart Content for the product name and expand it to see the Props) Note that they are very low-resolution as they are intended to be seen from a distance.

 

mark_z2487

Thanks, that is what I was looking for, I guess I missed it because I thought the only way you could add features was through the dialog box

I need to use it some more and see how it goes

 

barbult

You don't need to extract the plants, as you have seen now.

The  biome and water node are hidden by default. If you need to access them in the Scene pane for some reason, you can Show Hidden Nodes.

(This info was posted in this thread in March 2022) You can go back and read it for context, if you wish.

mark_z2487

barbult said:

You don't need to extract the plants, as you have seen now.

The  biome and water node are hidden by default. If you need to access them in the Scene pane for some reason, you can Show Hidden Nodes.

(This info was posted in this thread in March 2022) You can go back and read it for context, if you wish.

 

Show Hidden Nodes    Thanks, that is what I was looking for

mark_z2487

Just an FYI,

I figured out what the problem was, seems script based products don’t work correctly unless all parts are installed to the same folder, must be using relative rather than full file names

I uninstalled everything having to do with Ultra Scenery and XT and reinstalled and now it works fine

 

Richard Haseltine

mark_z2487 said:

Just an FYI,

I figured out what the problem was, seems script based products don’t work correctly unless all parts are installed to the same folder, must be using relative rather than full file names

I uninstalled everything having to do with Ultra Scenery and XT and reinstalled and now it works fine

That depends on how the script is written - in principle it is possible to do it in a way that will work via Connect, but that is often very difficult to test/develop as it requires having the products already set up with the Daz-generated metadata.