Yup.. got a set of new trees on the way.. As long as they don't kill the speed I'll use them... The above trees are light on textures and polys making them ideal for lush enviroments.. I think the new trees won't do much damage.
Heres a shot of shadowing using the old trees still..

The grass gets shaded and faded slightly when within range of a tree.. Also a dark bevel is added to the 3rd layer of terrain skin allowing it to bring out the 4th layer bump map. Terrain shading is pre-calc'd at load up but grass is altered in realtime.
Heres a shot of shadowing using the old trees still..

The grass gets shaded and faded slightly when within range of a tree.. Also a dark bevel is added to the 3rd layer of terrain skin allowing it to bring out the 4th layer bump map. Terrain shading is pre-calc'd at load up but grass is altered in realtime.