How tall can a "skyscraper" be and still maintain a look that people can enjoy .. taking in consideration draw distance etc...
What are some of the tallest buildings on Sl that actually look good?
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VonGklugelstein Alter
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05-28-2008 13:43
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MoxZ Mokeev
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05-28-2008 13:55
There is a replica of the Twin Towers that are pretty amazing. They go way up there! I can't imagine anything much taller than that.
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Rhaorth Antonelli
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05-28-2008 13:57
if people have the draw distance at 64 (much like I do) and each floor is 10 meters... then after 6 stories it would disappear
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05-28-2008 14:11
I found this to be pretty impressive...
http://sluniverse.com/pics/pic.aspx?id=273717 But, I have a draw distance of 256... I'm not sure how many people would actually see the whole thing. It had tons of rooms inside too. (^_^)y _____________________
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Egon Rothschild
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05-28-2008 14:24
280 meters high?
http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=296404 i've seen this in-world. pretty impressive. but not very practical to live in. _____________________
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Fade Chuwes
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05-28-2008 15:08
I'm a pretty short fur, so everyone seems taller, but I have noticed a fair amount of women nowadays like being Amazonian Tall. It's odd.
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Avion Raymaker
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05-28-2008 15:14
Do you mean for the people who live in it, or the neighbors? People who like skyscrapers might want to live in as big a place as possible. People next store might be upset by just about any urban structure that was garishly out of place in the area.
I happen to love hi-rise buildings, and have a sim full of them in the City of Liome. They're very popular with renters, too. I occasionally get a vacancy but they usually fill fast. |
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VonGklugelstein Alter
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05-28-2008 15:58
Do you mean for the people who live in it, or the neighbors? People who like skyscrapers might want to live in as big a place as possible. People next store might be upset by just about any urban structure that was garishly out of place in the area. I happen to love hi-rise buildings, and have a sim full of them in the City of Liome. They're very popular with renters, too. I occasionally get a vacancy but they usually fill fast. I was concerned with building something that cannot be seen in its entirety by the average cartoon Character. I was thinking of doing 13 Stories at 20M per floor and am curious if that was too high and worth the effort.. I did see a copy of the Sears Tower once but that was before the new viewer so it looked pretty good from far away. I should go look again if I can find it. btw. Most neighbors on SL have ugly hack houses with garbage littering every vertical Meter and therefore have no no say in this matter. |
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Avion Raymaker
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05-28-2008 17:39
I was concerned with building something that cannot be seen in its entirety by the average cartoon Character. I was thinking of doing 13 Stories at 20M per floor and am curious if that was too high and worth the effort.. I did see a copy of the Sears Tower once but that was before the new viewer so it looked pretty good from far away. I should go look again if I can find it. Sounds like fun, VonG. As long as you have enough prims, I would recommend that you let imagination win over draw distance any time. Most people can't see all of the SS Galaxy at once. If they made sure everyone with a 64 draw distance could see all of it, they would have made it a tugboat. |
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05-28-2008 19:55
I'm a pretty short fur, so everyone seems taller, but I have noticed a fair amount of women nowadays like being Amazonian Tall. It's odd. I just thought it was me cause I am short elf/halfling type of dude...but all my friends are these huge amazon women. I think truthfully anyone taller then me is too tall You all need to shrink. Yet they aren't talking about avatar height...sorry to OP. _____________________
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