Recently, a new major scenery element was added to SMF2 in update V.41 and SMF3 V.21 - big bushes! These can be used in plenty of themes; mainly grasslands obviously, but also in forests, mossy castles, overgrown caves and so on. These can be quite tricky to place the first times using them, but you'll get the hang of it quickly. So here's a little tutorial to help you with that!
Note that this tutorial uses the SMF2 tiles, but all of this also applies to SMF3, since that game just has another color pallete and style.
STEP 1
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So, to start tiling the big bush, you should start from the bottom left. You can use one of these tiles of your choice for that:
/ 
/ 
(remember to put tile 2322 on top of the latter one if you're using that (2653 in SMF3).
STEP 2
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Continuing on! Now you can complete the first half of the bush. Basically, you just repeat step 1 once you reached the height of the bush you want to have. Then, fill the left half with Tile 1011
(SMF2) / 2660 (SMF3). Check the example if you're not sure you tiled it correctly.
STEP 3
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Now it's time for the second half! This is where the darker green tiles come in. There are some dark green tiles that seperate the light green to dark green tiles, which you should often place somewhere in the middle of the big bush. You can recognize these tiles easily since they both have light and dark green in them. Put them in the middle and see what works or not, until there are no cut-offs. On the top of the bush, you should use either one of these combo's:
& 
and/or & 
.
STEP 4
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Now let's finish that second half! Use the dark green corner tiles to work your way to the bottom until you hit the ground tiles again. Use
to fill up the second part of the bush.
STEP 5
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BERRIES! A big bush can't go without some delicious berries. Go to the sprite menu and add some!
NOTE: Berries should only be placed in the light green area of the bush.
Congratulations, you have finished the big bush! Have fun using these in your levels!
Note that this tutorial uses the SMF2 tiles, but all of this also applies to SMF3, since that game just has another color pallete and style.
STEP 1
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So, to start tiling the big bush, you should start from the bottom left. You can use one of these tiles of your choice for that:
/ / (remember to put tile 2322 on top of the latter one if you're using that (2653 in SMF3).STEP 2
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Continuing on! Now you can complete the first half of the bush. Basically, you just repeat step 1 once you reached the height of the bush you want to have. Then, fill the left half with Tile 1011
(SMF2) / 2660 (SMF3). Check the example if you're not sure you tiled it correctly.
STEP 3
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Now it's time for the second half! This is where the darker green tiles come in. There are some dark green tiles that seperate the light green to dark green tiles, which you should often place somewhere in the middle of the big bush. You can recognize these tiles easily since they both have light and dark green in them. Put them in the middle and see what works or not, until there are no cut-offs. On the top of the bush, you should use either one of these combo's:
& and/or & .
STEP 4
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Now let's finish that second half! Use the dark green corner tiles to work your way to the bottom until you hit the ground tiles again. Use
to fill up the second part of the bush.
STEP 5
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BERRIES! A big bush can't go without some delicious berries. Go to the sprite menu and add some!
NOTE: Berries should only be placed in the light green area of the bush.
Congratulations, you have finished the big bush! Have fun using these in your levels!
