Shaders and the Ambient-Occlusion folder

Trees you create using Tree Editor must use the Nature/Soft Occlusion Leaves and Nature/Soft Occlusion Bark shaders.

To use these shaders, you must place your trees in a folder named Ambient-Occlusion. The trees don’t render correctly if the shaders are in a different folder.

To place trees in the Ambient-Occlusion folder:

1. In the Project window, select the Assets folder.
2. Select Add (+) > Folder.
3. Give the folder the name Ambient-Occlusion.
4. Move the tree prefab (Tree.prefab) and its texture folder (Tree_Textures) into the Ambient-Occlusion folder. These objects were created when you added a Tree GameObject to your scene.

Note: The dependency on these shaders means you can only use Tree Editor trees with the Built-In Render Pipeline. If you’re using the Universal Render Pipeline (URP) or High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP), you can import trees from SpeedTree.

Additional resources

• Tree level of detail (LOD)
• Tree Hierarchy view UI reference
• Root node reference
• Branch group reference
• Leaf group reference
• Terrain Settings reference