1024x1024x1024 mega-sphere

hey all, i am looking for a specialy sized prim of 1024x1024x1024 (NOT 1024x1024x100) to make a giant sky semi-sphere (the final size will be 1024x1024x512), if anyone has one of these i would happily even pay some money to get it?

i have looked in all the usual places but couldn't find any

*raises an eyebrow*

1024 in all dimensions?

So you have a block of 16 sims to put it on?

Minor little details. I'm sure his neighbors will appreciate him for rezzing something like that.

1st its not 16 sims, it would be 4 if u placed it in the deviding cross, and second im on an estate, so i have "the void" space i can use, even if there was an island diagonally 2 mine they can't see it as it doesn't work that way

Still gonna cover 16 sims no matter where you place it, and good luck with the voids.

not the voids, the void (the area you cant get to where the sea is)

Okay, yes, you have build access to four contiguous sims now. I believe you.

lolz, i guess none of u have ever been to places like midian, that use a giant skysphere, you only need ONE island on its own (wich i have) surrounded by nothing but water as far as the eye can see (but you can't access the water cus theres an invisable wall surrounding the island.

now all i am after is a prim sphere of that size

if you already know of one in existence, why not use it to look up the creator?

Could you dimple such a sphere?

Just to make a giant Planet ? Sorry that's been done.Just a quick way to get yourself banned.

Max draw distance is 512m. A 1024m sphere for sky would be, um, largely useless for your purposes, I think

of course you can, being able to find a spot where you can both edit the sphere and see the dimple might prove difficult tho *blink*

i thought LL was going to ban overly large megaprims?

i wonder what would happen if you turned it physical....

-Crunch

This would undoubably cause problems Chaos. Unless you have an Open Sim anyway, whatever you do will have an impact on the grid in one way or another. The odd 20x20 poking out into the water hasn't caused any discernable problems on my sim - this is just silliness though. As has been pointed out, 512 is the max draw distance.

Umm. I'm pretty sure you really want a 512x512x512, hemisphered to 256 in one dimension (either dimpled or cut, depending on textures).

But, actually... have you ever once seen one of these sky spheres that didn't look incredibly lame and amateurish? I mean, they may be okay for contrived photo shoots (but then a big flat backdrop works just as well), but for normal use, having the sky popping in and out of draw distance... well, to each their own.

LOL. Isn't Qie great?

Ah, a megaprims topic - I'm in luck.

A neighbour has kindly erected two 60 x 60 megaprims, one on top of each other, advertising his land for sale. These are physical, not phantom, and the two make a sign 120 m high, which I think is a bit excessive. I always thought if you were going to use megaprims in this way they had to be phantom, or did I dream that?

If anyone wants to take a look, search for Flathead and TP to the yellow bit in the middle. You won't miss them inbetween the rotating for sale signs.

My question - is this an allowable use of Megaprims?

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Ok lets see if I got this right, you have a block of 2x2 sims, that means if you place the dome at the deviding point you "only" need 725x725x725, not sure that one has been made, a 512x512x512 would be better drawdistance wise but offcourse you can't use the corners of the sims.

texture wise Qie has a very good point, even with a 1024x1024 texture it will look, wel like crap is the best word, you will need at least 16384x16384 to make it look half decent and even then you will have the problems of texture distoring on the inside of a sphere and you can't upload a texture that big anyway.

Because a prim can only be part of one sim you are right that it should be phantom to any other sim and invisable from any sim not connecting with a side to the sim the prim is on.

The best option won't be the use of prims but using the windlight athmosphere settings, offcourse you will need to educate every visitor in how to do it untill the sharing of windlight settings gets implemented.

Have just done so. Actually, when I got a bit closer, there were 3 60 x 60 signs, and the top one was spinning, so the total sign is 180 m high!

would that be a reportable offense if the prims were of normal size but there were 18 of them - still 180 meters high? just curious...

It should be, and if it isn't it will be .

Under the new networked ad policy it would be an offense because the max hight is set to 8 meter, has to be connected to the ground and not spinning.

Not so. The maximum draw distance you can select in Preferences, Graphics is 512m, but you can go much higher in Debug Settings.

But as many people do not delve into the Debug Settings, I agree, it would be pretty useless.

It is true that megaprims can overhang the limits of a sim into the void, but it is also true that you can visit those overhang areas.

Rock