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# Additional Renderer Settings

Provides additional rendering options for Flora on a per-prefab basis.

Attach this component to a prefab for distance caps, shadow settings, or optional per-instance shader data.

## Properties

### `AdditionalPerInstanceData`

* `RandomID` exposes `flora_RandomID` or the Shader Graph `InstanceRandomID` node.
* `VariationColor` exposes `flora_VariationColor` or the Shader Graph `InstanceVariationColor` node.

Enable only data the shader reads. Each flag increases per-instance data.

### `InitialVariationColor`

Initial GPU value for `VariationColor`. Submit changes with `SetInstanceVariationColor(...)` or `SetInstanceVariationColors(...)`. Keep readable state in caller-owned data.

### `MaxRenderDistance`

Per-prefab render-distance cap. `0` disables it. The smallest active non-zero cap wins.

### `MaxShadowDistance`

Per-prefab shadow-distance cap. `0` disables it. The smallest active non-zero cap wins.

### `MinShadowLOD`

Lowest LOD index allowed for shadows. `0` allows LOD0.

## Small Mesh Culling

Flora uses `Renderer.smallMeshCulling` for [`RangeDensity`](/scripts/render-settings.md#rangedensity) and [`MinScreenSize`](/scripts/render-settings.md#minscreensize). Disabling it on one renderer disables both features for the render prototype.

### `RequiresPerInstanceRandomID` *(Obsolete)*

Kept only to migrate older assets to `AdditionalPerInstanceData.RandomID`.