# How to use seasonal plants?

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**Seasonal Vegetation** function allows plant creators to automatically display different leaf colors and foliage states in response to seasonal changes, more realistically simulating the effects of the natural environment throughout the year.

**Designers do not need to manually replace plant models for different seasons; they only need to adjust the date parameter to quickly preview the vegetation performance of spring, summer, autumn, and winter in the same scene.**

#### **Applicable Scenarios**

  * Landscape and planning designs that need to showcase seasonal changes, architectural plan presentations comparing the atmospheres of different seasons, and commercial visualization projects emphasizing the authenticity of the natural environment 

#### **Global Seasonal Vegetation Settings**

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Added a new "**Seasonal Vegetation"** setting item in Environment → Weather, used for global control of all plant creatives in the scene that support seasonal vegetation changes: 

  * After enabling, you can set the number of days (value range: 1 - 365), which is used to define the date position within a year 

  * The system will automatically calculate the seasonal state of plants based on the current date 

  * Days corresponding to seasons: 1~135 Spring / 136~213 Summer / 214~270 Autumn / 271~365 Winter

#### **Per-Model Seasonal Settings**

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After selecting a single plant that supports seasonal changes, you can independently set the following in the property panel of the right sidebar: 

  * **State:** Determine the current seasonal effect of the plant based on the number of days passed

  * **Color (Spring Color, Summer Color, Autumn Color, Winter Color):** Adjust the color performance of plants in each season separately

  * **Following Global Settings:** When checked, the number of days and seasonal effects of this plant will be based on the global seasonal days set in Environment → Weather

#### **Creatives Library Filtering**

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  * A new filter option, "Seasonal," has been added to the online creative library, allowing users to quickly filter out all plant creatives that support seasonal changes.

#### **Precautions**

  * Seasonal settings are automatically linked for plants of the same type within the same scatter batch.

  * Batch editing and multi-selection of seasonal parameters are **not currently supported**.