http://www.flickr.com/photos/37950803@N02/3577162871
Honestly I almost question its validity as an SL screenshot, besides the wonky background. Obligatory question: What kind of stuff is in the other startup shots, or what's your favorite one?
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Maya Remblai
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05-29-2009 22:34
Normally I don't see the startup screenshots because I log in too fast, or (more often) they don't load. Today though, I got the one of the moon rising over a city, and noticed something a little off about it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37950803@N02/3577162871 Honestly I almost question its validity as an SL screenshot, besides the wonky background. Obligatory question: What kind of stuff is in the other startup shots, or what's your favorite one? |
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Rhaorth Antonelli
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05-29-2009 23:47
I would say it is in SL and the moon is just another prim object that they goofed up on the placement or just did not worry about it
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Kira Welty
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05-29-2009 23:48
Not 100% sure but it looks like Windlight settings with a prim moon.
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Maya Remblai
The one with pink hair.
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05-30-2009 01:43
Oh I'm sure it's in SL, why would they put it on the startup page if it weren't? I just don't think it's that great a shot. I'm guessing that the distant buildings and the moon are both alpha textures on very large, hollow megaprim spheres, and the angle was badly chosen so they're able to overlap. I would expect the photographers that took these pictures to at least be more observant and skilled, especially if they're Lindens.
On the plus side, the building effects are pretty cool. It has a feeling of "hugeness" that's hard to achieve in SL. |
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Colt Habana
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05-30-2009 06:14
The pic is from Primitive City and thats how it looks with windlight settings. I took this pic there a while ago.
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Daniel Voyager
Statistics collector
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05-30-2009 06:37
Check out Torley's splash screens
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Marcush Nemeth
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05-30-2009 07:19
We used to get a screenie of our last logout in the past, but they removed that
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Marianne McCann
Feted Inner Child
Join date: 23 Feb 2006
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05-30-2009 08:34
Normally I don't see the startup screenshots because I log in too fast, or (more often) they don't load. Today though, I got the one of the moon rising over a city, and noticed something a little off about it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/37950803@N02/3577162871 That's Primitive City, and that's how it look. Honestly I almost question its validity as an SL screenshot, besides the wonky background. Obligatory question: What kind of stuff is in the other startup shots, or what's your favorite one? I like seeing Chakryn and Photon Pinks on my startup. I also like the railyard one. I think the screens should have more images of people, and I think the ones that have people now --with the exception of the ballroom dance one -- are very poor examples of how to show avatars in SL. Show me good social interaction. Avatars stuck in a dance animation or sitting at a picnic table don't cut it. _____________________
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Rosey Richez
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05-30-2009 08:37
We used to get a screenie of our last logout in the past, but they removed that I guess someone complained to LL about privacy after his wife logged in the day after his visit to Red Light District You still can. . . just go into preferences and choose to log in from your last location instead of home. _____________________
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Maya Remblai
The one with pink hair.
Join date: 25 Mar 2006
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05-30-2009 11:35
I like seeing Chakryn and Photon Pinks on my startup. I also like the railyard one. I think the screens should have more images of people, and I think the ones that have people now --with the exception of the ballroom dance one -- are very poor examples of how to show avatars in SL. Show me good social interaction. Avatars stuck in a dance animation or sitting at a picnic table don't cut it. Thanks for telling me where the city is, I'd like to see it for myself. It's hard to get a city to actually feel like a city, so I'd like to see this one. The Flickr streams gave me a few other places to stop too! Ditto on the more people comment. And for crying out loud, show more non-humans, especially non-anthros! LL and the media have a bad habit of making SL look like just another 3D chat with Barbie dolls. Sure there's nothing wrong with virtual Barbies, but SL has so much more, and there are people who don't have a single human avatar in their inventory. I'd like the splash screens more if they had more robots, aliens, and animals. Just an FYI to everyone saying the original shot is using Windlight...Yes, obviously. I always use Windlight.  |
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Marianne McCann
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05-30-2009 13:11
Ditto on the more people comment. And for crying out loud, show more non-humans, especially non-anthros! LL and the media have a bad habit of making SL look like just another 3D chat with Barbie dolls. Sure there's nothing wrong with virtual Barbies, but SL has so much more, and there are people who don't have a single human avatar in their inventory. I'd like the splash screens more if they had more robots, aliens, and animals. [THREADJACK] This is one of the nice things about the book LL has been pushing on the Message of the Day. It has a whole section that is about SL subcultures -- furries, tinies, ferals, merfolk, SL kids, nekos, etc. Was nice to see actual recognition for these groups, especially in a book geared towards businesses and educators. An ya, I'm biased: I'm quoted in that section, discussing SL Kids. [/THREADJACK] _____________________
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Melita Magic
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05-31-2009 00:13
Question: Where is LL finding those pix? Do they take the pix themselves, or are they found on an SL flickr group? Is there a way to submit a photo, hoping it will be chosen? Or is there a flickr group to join and post photos onto?
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Marianne McCann
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05-31-2009 00:34
Question: Where is LL finding those pix? Do they take the pix themselves, or are they found on an SL flickr group? Is there a way to submit a photo, hoping it will be chosen? Or is there a flickr group to join and post photos onto? Thanks. Taken themselves, either via their Markering/PR folks, or from Torley Linden. Some might argue that was a redundant sentence.  _____________________
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