Vote for.. NEW SUN!

go there to see the proposal by my friend rico!
http://secondlife.com/vote/index.php?get_id=1014

It would be nice if the sun had some sort of glare or look better, since they improved the water, its time for the sun!!

VOTE PPL!

Needs more lens flare.

Lens flare is an overdone, unnecessary visual effect that only truly applies--surprise, surprise--when looking through an artificial lens (like a video camera). The normal human eye doesn't see this effect.

However, what SL's sun needs is a better gradient surrounding it that doesn't look so cloudy. I made one for Active Worlds that looks decent and more realistic but it has a slight seam around the outside edge:



It's too bad Rico didn't link a discussion thread to the proposal...

I never look at the sun - one can go blind doing that, you know.

You can't go blind looking at a pure white texture (which is what any computer image--including pictures of the real sun--can EVER fully be as bright as). There's a BIG difference between SL's sun and the real sun--learn why.

Er, I know. It was a joke.

Although it is also true that my monitor is powered by its own fusion plant.

Oops...you forgot your joke smiley.

But until your monitor outputs enough radiation to hurt your eyes when looking at it, it ain't gonna simulate a sun...

I did accidentally turn the brightness up to full once, and it burned a hole in the wall opposite.

Uh huh. You can stop being an idiot now--really. <eyeroll>

Yeah and you can stop being so stuckup O.o gosh

Anyhoooo, yeah I think the sun in SL is a bit nothing, just a ball, but the moon is really great tho. But if you think about it, in RL, if you ever did it, when you look straight at the sun that's all you see, a ball, there is no glow or anything around it, it's a straitgh-edged sphere and that's it. Mmmh *shrug*.

Um, no it's not. You should learn to pay attention when you look at things more carefully (you might also see I wasn't--and aren't--stuck up; I simply have little patience for those who don't know how to--or won't--communicate their emotions sufficiently in writing).

The sun has PLENTY of glow (and rays from refraction) when you look at it. SL's sun is simply unrealistic for the most part: it doesn't move smoothly (or the moon), its gradient is incorrect, and its light never gets obscured/reduced by clouds. SL lighting needs a LOT of work...

haha, funny this thread was getting a bit tense.
LL on holidays changes the sun & moon textures.
They should put that up on July 12 in homage to the death of disco.

Second Life's default camera mode is --suprise, suprise-- in third person which is a lot more akin to an artificial lens than a human eye.

If you're going to be condescending and insulting at least make some sense when you do it - especially if you're going to complain about others' inability to convey their meaning in writing.

On an unrelated note, I would like to commend LL's human resource department on making a very good decision.

The 3rd-person cam is linked to the av head and is not necessarily a separate camera, per se. However, what you are implying is at least partially correct so lens flare, if it has to be implemented at all (hopefully not) COULD, concievably be enabled when the camera is focused on something OTHER than the avatar (doesn't move around with the head while moving the mouse), but I would hope such an effect would be optional as I don't like lens flare at all.

As for your other comment, I never claimed I was good at dealing with (surprise, surprise, look in the mirror) condescending idiots like you (that's what Torley and other PR buffer Lindens are for) but I'm VERY technical-minded. <shrug>

Too bad this forum doesn't have a mute option too...

Just a gentle reminder, please, that personal attacks aren't allowed here as per the Guidelines.

Please keep the discussion respectful of other people's ideas, no matter what their technical experience may be--we can all learn something from each other.

Asking questions to clarify points that one is unclear of is a good thing too.

Yes, please disregard my previous post. Torley has stated what I meant to say with a gentle grace of which I am not capable. Thank you Torley

In the spirit of Torley's advice allow me to offer up some technical expertise:



We're both in luck! We do have the ability to "mute" other users in these forums! Simply click the offending forum user's name and choose View Public Profile. On the profile page there is an option to Add Forum User to Your Ignore List. Once the user is ignored their post will look something like this:



Much better!

You're an idiot. Good riddance, lamer.

The sun needs more cowbell.

I want a blue one.

A blue dwarf would be most interesting.
Torley kindly pointed out that personal attacks are not consistant with the rules.

As for lense flare, there is no reason it couldn't be a feature that could be turned off in settings, like rippling water.

Wouldn't be as fast updating as a built in effect, but you could totally make lens flare as a HUD attachment couldn't you?

you could, it won't track very quickly though.