Great Thread.

I can already feel some heat coming from your Cpu..

I am also working on a scene nowadays with lots of vegetation. Was wondering proxies is best way to go as you can't see the shading and changes in Viewport. weren't Instancing is a better option.(just my view..

Just to share i have use a creative crash script spPaint3d(https://www.creativecrash.com/maya/do...sc/c/sppaint3d) and it work like a charm.
and another one if you are not Animating the Vegetation then you can use this one too
https://www.creativecrash.com/maya/do...scatter-script

Looking forward for some more progress.


-dushyant