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Camille Serpentine
Eater of the Dead
Join date: 6 Oct 2003
Posts: 1,236
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10-14-2003 12:21
This question concerns the world map picture that can be found on the second life website. Why are there repeats of terrain blocks? I would think that with all the creative people they have working on it, they wouldn't have to repeat squares.  just very curious!
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Wednesday Grimm
Ex Libris
Join date: 9 Jan 2003
Posts: 934
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Re: World map question
10-14-2003 13:35
From: someone Originally posted by Camille Serpentine
Why are there repeats of terrain blocks? I would think that with all the creative people they have working on it, they wouldn't have to repeat squares.
If you're refering to what I think you're refering to, those are all instances of the Prelude island (except one, what's a private island that was won in a contest), and none of them are connected to the mainland (ie: you can't get there from here).
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Loki Pico
Registered User
Join date: 20 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,938
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10-14-2003 15:26
I think she means each sim is physically square, as opposed to a cool shape like, say, Texas.
The simple answer is that each square is a sim, aka simulator, aka server. They are 256m x 256m. The make up of land and water is primarily up to us, even though some land is owned by Lindens to preserve some basic outlines.
Does that answer your question or did you mean something else altogether?
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Cailyn Miller
mmm.... shiny
Join date: 11 Mar 2003
Posts: 369
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Re: Re: World map question
10-15-2003 00:21
From: someone Originally posted by Wednesday Grimm
If you're refering to what I think you're refering to, those are all instances of the Prelude island (except one, what's a private island that was won in a contest), and none of them are connected to the mainland (ie: you can't get there from here). Could also be Boardman/Brown and De Haro/Green where you're not allowed to terraform the land. |