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Balsam poplars
by Gwenke33
Posted 18th Aug 2011 at 1:29 AM
- Updated 18th Aug 2011 at 1:27 AM by Phaenoh
This is a new mesh, and means that it's a brand new self contained object that usually does not require a specific Expansion pack (although this is possible depending on the type). It may have Recolours hosted on MTS - check below the description for more information.
About one and a half years ago I downloaded a free tree mesh pack from Turbosquid, hoping that one day I could use it to make Seasons trees. After much learning and tweaking and poking around in GIMP and SimPE, I'm glad to present a new deciduous tree: balm poplar. It comes in three sizes, with two recolours. The two larger ones are slaved to the smallest one.
Obviously, the changing-of-leaves function only works if Seasons is installed. It can also be used without Seasons, though: in that case only the summer state will appear.
This tree is based on Bienchen's tree template, for which I'm very grateful. I've made quite a few changes, though, so feel free to clone this tree to make your own.
Warning, High Poly
With 6716 faces and 11462 vertices, these are not exactly low-poly objects (by my conservative standards). By comparison: the Maxis bay tree is 4929 faces and 5917 vertices. This means that you should limit the number of these trees you use on your lot at a time.
If you would like to recolour these or any other seasons-compatible plant, please see my notes here
The sky texture is by Chris997.
Polygon Counts:
Warning, High Poly 
6716 faces and 11462 vertices
Additional Credits:
killst4r at Turbosquid for the mesh and texture base
Wings3D
GIMP SimPE UVMapper Professional
Numenor for the AnyGameStarter
Obviously, the changing-of-leaves function only works if Seasons is installed. It can also be used without Seasons, though: in that case only the summer state will appear.
This tree is based on Bienchen's tree template, for which I'm very grateful. I've made quite a few changes, though, so feel free to clone this tree to make your own.


With 6716 faces and 11462 vertices, these are not exactly low-poly objects (by my conservative standards). By comparison: the Maxis bay tree is 4929 faces and 5917 vertices. This means that you should limit the number of these trees you use on your lot at a time.
If you would like to recolour these or any other seasons-compatible plant, please see my notes here
The sky texture is by Chris997.

Polygon Counts:


6716 faces and 11462 vertices
Additional Credits:
killst4r at Turbosquid for the mesh and texture base
Wings3D
GIMP SimPE UVMapper Professional
Numenor for the AnyGameStarter
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Filename | Size | Downloads | Date |
Gwenke_BalsamPoplar_trees.zip
Size: 9.23 MB · Downloads: 13,404 · 18th Aug 2011 |
Key: - File was updated after upload was posted
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