Quote: "usually when you press ENTER the entity is moved to the ground. but when you paint over a tree that's already there it will place the tree on top of the other tree. but usually ENTER should help..."
^ this
have tree selected so it moves with the mouse
press enter
hold shift and click when you place the tree
the next tree(s) will adjust to follow terrain height if it changes
life\'s one big game
windows vista ultimate
i5 @3.3ghz, 4gb ram, geforce gtx460, directx 11