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DomPerignon Whiplash

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12-28-2004 12:24

Coming from Activeworlds (AW) to SecondLife (SL), it seems that structures such as castles, dungeons, and other medieval buildings are fairly commonplace. In AW, if one wanted to build a dungeon, situated below ground, in a castle's basement, one merely made a hole in the terrain and placed some type of doorway in its place. Admittedly, I am quite new to SL, but I have, as yet, not seen a way to poke a hole in the ground in SL. Is there a way to do any building underground? At first I had thought I would simply raise the terrain around the perimeter of the proposed dungeon, and sink the land within the dungeon's walls, but the raise / lower limit for terrain doesn't seem sufficient to allow for a dungeon with realistically sized ceilings. Any hints? Thank you, in advance.

Tito Gomez

Mi Vida Loca

Join date: 1 Aug 2004

Posts: 921

12-28-2004 12:27

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raise the terrain around the perimeter of the proposed dungeon, and sink the land within the dungeon's walls, but the raise / lower limit for terrain doesn't seem sufficient to allow for a dungeon with realistically sized ceilings

It may depend on your sim, I don't know. I was able to do exactly what you described above and had a pretty deep dungeon under my pyramid.

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blaze Spinnaker

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Join date: 12 Aug 2004

Posts: 5,898

12-28-2004 12:45

There is land you can terraform like that.

However, it'll be a bit kludgy and won't look that great.

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Artillo Fredericks

Friendly Orange Demon

Join date: 1 Jun 2004

Posts: 1,327

12-28-2004 12:50

Yea I'll have to admit I really liked building underground in AW... I have an entire cavern network over at my city (Nexxus City, AW 285s 5000w if you ever want to see)

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Loki Pico

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Join date: 20 Jun 2003

Posts: 1,938

12-28-2004 13:37

Basements, caves, dungeons used to be fairly common in SL. This was before the height taxes were lifted and terraforming limits were tightened. Before we could freely build in the sky, basements were the only places for any sort of privacy.

Most of the world is now limited to 4m variance in terraforming, so it is tougher than it used to be, but you can still make caves. The oldest part of the world, roughly between Tehama and Shipley and Varney and Ritch still allow terraforming between 20m - 40m variance, so its easier there. 4m is doable, if you start on a fairly flat piece of land.

I have a 4m cave in Penrith your welcome to visit and see how it was made. I lowered the ground to form the hole and covered it with a terrain textured roof. The attached pic is not that great so drop in and take a look, Penrith 10,50.

DomPerignon Whiplash

D/s, BDSM, Gor, et al...

Join date: 4 Nov 2004

Posts: 11

Thank you

12-28-2004 14:03

Thanks to all for the replies. I shall gather up my ho, er... um... I mean my hoe, and start building me a dungeon!

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DomPerignon Whiplash D/s, BDSM, Gor, et al... Join date: 4 Nov 2004 Posts: 11	12-28-2004 12:24 Coming from Activeworlds (AW) to SecondLife (SL), it seems that structures such as castles, dungeons, and other medieval buildings are fairly commonplace. In AW, if one wanted to build a dungeon, situated below ground, in a castle's basement, one merely made a hole in the terrain and placed some type of doorway in its place. Admittedly, I am quite new to SL, but I have, as yet, not seen a way to poke a hole in the ground in SL. Is there a way to do any building underground? At first I had thought I would simply raise the terrain around the perimeter of the proposed dungeon, and sink the land within the dungeon's walls, but the raise / lower limit for terrain doesn't seem sufficient to allow for a dungeon with realistically sized ceilings. Any hints? Thank you, in advance.
Tito Gomez Mi Vida Loca Join date: 1 Aug 2004 Posts: 921	12-28-2004 12:27 From: someone raise the terrain around the perimeter of the proposed dungeon, and sink the land within the dungeon's walls, but the raise / lower limit for terrain doesn't seem sufficient to allow for a dungeon with realistically sized ceilings It may depend on your sim, I don't know. I was able to do exactly what you described above and had a pretty deep dungeon under my pyramid. - T - _____________________
blaze Spinnaker 1/2 Serious Join date: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 5,898	12-28-2004 12:45 There is land you can terraform like that. However, it'll be a bit kludgy and won't look that great. _____________________ Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds : "User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches."
Artillo Fredericks Friendly Orange Demon Join date: 1 Jun 2004 Posts: 1,327	12-28-2004 12:50 Yea I'll have to admit I really liked building underground in AW... I have an entire cavern network over at my city (Nexxus City, AW 285s 5000w if you ever want to see) Artillo _____________________ "I, for one, am thouroughly entertained by the mass freakout." - Nephilaine Protagonist --== www.artillodesign.com ==--
Loki Pico Registered User Join date: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 1,938	12-28-2004 13:37 Basements, caves, dungeons used to be fairly common in SL. This was before the height taxes were lifted and terraforming limits were tightened. Before we could freely build in the sky, basements were the only places for any sort of privacy. Most of the world is now limited to 4m variance in terraforming, so it is tougher than it used to be, but you can still make caves. The oldest part of the world, roughly between Tehama and Shipley and Varney and Ritch still allow terraforming between 20m - 40m variance, so its easier there. 4m is doable, if you start on a fairly flat piece of land. I have a 4m cave in Penrith your welcome to visit and see how it was made. I lowered the ground to form the hole and covered it with a terrain textured roof. The attached pic is not that great so drop in and take a look, Penrith 10,50.
DomPerignon Whiplash D/s, BDSM, Gor, et al... Join date: 4 Nov 2004 Posts: 11	Thank you 12-28-2004 14:03 Thanks to all for the replies. I shall gather up my ho, er... um... I mean my hoe, and start building me a dungeon!