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Will SL ever have static textures?
Icarus Lytton
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Join date: 9 May 2007
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04-09-2008 19:36
Anyone here ever played Doom? Remember the mountains outside?



Well, no matter how far you walked, they never grew bigger. They were static textures - they didn't rotate along with you, they didn't grow larger or smaller when you walk up or away of them.

And guess what. This would be brilliant for Second Life. You see countless "panorama" screens that just scream "FAAAAKE" but so many games use the system of static textures that remain the same no matter the angle or the distance. This would help for sooo many things.

So if a 15 year old game can implement it so it runs on a 386, why can't Second Life? It can't be that hard to add, can it?
Adz Childs
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04-09-2008 19:42
/me blinks.
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Hmm, there's nothing really helpful there, but thanks for pasting.
Lowen Raymaker
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Join date: 21 Apr 2007
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04-09-2008 19:59
haha? or something else?

It is something else isn't it? Oh no.
Gabriel Reich
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04-09-2008 23:37
I see what you did there.....
Viktoria Dovgal
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Join date: 29 Jul 2007
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04-09-2008 23:48
Icarus, someone left an interesting anti-hotlink replacement image there for you =)

There is something like this built into SL for the skies, but really not user accessible. Maybe more possibilities will open up as Windlight evolves though.
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Icarus Lytton
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04-10-2008 00:21
Bah, and I thought i tested that image to see if it would work :P

And yes, SL uses it for the sky so the engine is capable of it - it would be a huge help to people if it worked for any textures too! Other 3D engines (including that of IMVU, a competitor) is capable of this, so I'm a bit surprised SL doesn't allow it.