In article <Xns### [at] 204213191226>,
 "Rafal 'Raf256' Maj" <raf### [at] raf256com> wrote:

> So I suggest 2 future reguests to achive this :
> 1. allow syntax 
> mesh {
>   mesh { ... rotate ... translate ... } // leaf 1
>   mesh { ... rotate ... translate ... } // leaf 2
>   [...]
>   rotate ... translate ...
> } // grass block

This type of thing has been discussed many times before. It would be a 
fairly major piece of work to do it completely, but it has a chance of 
being done as a 3.5 patch. Something similar for blobs would be nice too.


> 2. add new syntax :
>   duplicate { ... } 
> that will work in same way as 
>   object {... }
> but will re-use memory

There is no need for a new syntax, copy by reference can be done with 
the existing syntax. However, it would take a lot of work, don't expect 
it before the 4.0 rewrite.

The best solution to your problem would be to just put multiple grass 
blades in a single mesh tile. This is the most efficient way to do mesh 
grass.

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