Pinescape
Pinescape is an open-source forestry training simulator for uneven-aged pine management. Mark a realistic longleaf pine stand, see the results of your selections instantly, and compare against your own past marks, on your PC or in VR. Load a real stand you've measured, or generate one to explore. Built for training landowners, forestry professionals, and students alike.
See It In Action
Real Pinescape gameplay on PC. Explore and mark a real forest stand, preview your selection after harvest, and practice marking based on tree size, spacing, defects, and regeneration. Pinescape also runs in PC-VR on headsets like the Meta Quest 3 via Link.
Forestry Training Simulator
Pinescape lets you practice managing uneven-aged pine stands in virtual reality: mark trees for removal, walk the stand, and see the forest you're building before you ever step outside.
Why Uneven-Aged Forests?
Uneven-aged pine management calls for decisions that are hard to teach from a textbook. You must see the stand to make the calls. Pinescape shows results of your selections instantly, instead of waiting months to see how a harvest turns out. This provides a low-risk environment to develop decision-making skills before marking trees in the field.
Features
● Customize Your Own Stands
Build a stand from a CSV, or generate one from scratch with our Stand Generator. Real or imagined, the choice is yours.
● Mark Trees
Mark trees for selection directly on your PC or in VR, just like you would in the field.
● View Your Results
Toggle marked trees so you can instantly see the results of your harvest.
● POV & Bird's-Eye Views
Walk the stand at eye level, or pull up for a bird's-eye view to get a sense of the whole stand at once.
● Export Marked Trees
Export your marking session to take the results back out of VR, then compare with your colleagues or classroom.
● Instant Harvest Statistics
Get instant feedback on changes in forest structure, stumpage value, and product classes, all calculated from your marking session.
Open Source
Pinescape is open source: we support adapting it to your own forest, which is why we've released the source. Explore, extend, or build your own modifications and artwork on top of the uncompiled Unreal Engine project.
View on GitHub (Coming Soon)Customize Your Stand
Build your own stand from a CSV from scratch, or specify a regular or random stand using our Stand Generator on the Customize page.
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