new building heights?
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gray Brennan
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08-06-2008 09:15
ive noticed in the client im using (Second Life 1.20.15 (92456) Jul 18 2008 10:58:42 (Second Life Release) that i can now drag my buildings or whatever from ground level right up past the 700+ build height as far as i want without having to re-rez above the normal build height. is this a bug or is this standard now? thanx in advance
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Raudf Fox
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08-06-2008 09:21
Nothing in SL is a bug.. it's all 'features' unless it's something we really want.. then it's a bug.
And it's standard now. With Havok 4 they were able to increase the build height.
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Lindal Kidd
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08-06-2008 10:03
It is standard in the 1.20.15 viewer. (As Raudf says, it was implemented on the server side with Havok 4, but you couldn't actually make use of the new limits until the viewer software got upgraded, too.)
If you're using an older viewer, you can still visit builds at the new height, but if you try to edit anything up there, it will snap back down to 768 meters.
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Marcush Nemeth
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08-06-2008 10:05
You can build upto 4096 meters high now.
Above 1024 meters, you'll get above the atmosphere, meaning the "ground" below you is no longer visible.
I noticed there has also been a change to max link distance. Builds I could not completely link together before (for example, because there were some small sized prims within a 30*30 sized build) can now be completely linked together. Don't ask me how far the new limits stretch. But this was a VERY welcome change already.
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Lindal Kidd
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08-06-2008 10:31
From: Marcush Nemeth You can build upto 4096 meters high now.
Above 1024 meters, you'll get above the atmosphere, meaning the "ground" below you is no longer visible.
I noticed there has also been a change to max link distance. Builds I could not completely link together before (for example, because there were some small sized prims within a 30*30 sized build) can now be completely linked together. Don't ask me how far the new limits stretch. But this was a VERY welcome change already. Hey, there's another item for the wishlist...an improvement to Windlight to make the sky go black, the stars come out, and a pseudo earth-from-space image appear below you, when you go "out of the atmosphere".
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Darien Caldwell
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08-06-2008 13:09
It would also be nice to have it so the sky would go black, then have some stars. Being able to see the earth below would also be cool, like you were in space..  |
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Lindal Kidd
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08-06-2008 13:32
From: Darien Caldwell It would also be nice to have it so the sky would go black, then have some stars. Being able to see the earth below would also be cool, like you were in space.. Uh...are you pulling my chain here, Darien? In light of yesterday's little altercation? I still have the jello handy...
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Incony Hathaway
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08-06-2008 13:56
Jello Linden?
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Darien Caldwell
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08-06-2008 15:25
From: Lindal Kidd Uh...are you pulling my chain here, Darien? In light of yesterday's little altercation?
I still have the jello handy... hehe  |