Some of my suggestions to make sl more enjoyable

Ok, i think that is would be cool if instead of im, we were given cell phones in sl that would be able to "call" avatars, and you could have a gps (where your calling card friends are) and a voice mail (where people could leave text messages, no voice)
also, it would be cool if they would revamp the groups so that there would be more "levels" i guess
also, how about instead of forever sky, there would be space outside of the atmosphere? you advertized space and space stations on the site, how about making that a reality?
it would be cool if there was a sander for making things. we would be able to cut down on prims and would be able to make rounded corners (take ipods for example) it would be cool if we had more tools like in wood shop.
weather would be nice, but i understand the lag issue.
the hair cuztomisation (sp?) is really hard to do. i either have really long hair or i have bald spots. mabey thats just me though.
ok, thats it, its my first post, so dont flame me please

IMs pretty much work like cell phones would so i'm not sure how that's different. you can track people on the map if you have their calling card. you can also leave text messages for people by IM'ing them when they're logged off.

there is. just fly high enough.

a space station club just closed recently i think. build one of your own.

it's not the easiest thing in the world but you can do things like this pretty well with the building tool.

some people have made it rain and snow nicely. search around.

hair is tough to get right but a lil practice will get you through it. also the shape of your head has alot to do with how hard or easy it is to make your hair look like you want.

welcome to the forums!

There actually are space stations, they are way up in the air. The problem is that in the day time its aparent that it's still within the atmosphere. Unfortunately every sim sky texture is just that a texture. No mater how far up you go the sky still has the same texture.

The only thing that could be done is to layer sims on top of eachother. The top layer would have a "space" sky texture.

For instance, here is the topology for the sim servers

                          Current  Simulator Topology

                                          ----
                                          |   |   
                                          ----
                                            ^
                               ----       ----       ---
                               |   |  <- |   |  ->  |   |
                               ----       ----       ---
                                            V
                                           ----
                                           |   |   
                                           ----

Each sim (server) is connected to four other sims. When you cross from one region to another you are actually moving from one physical server to another. If we had a double layerer topology then you could have one layer with an earth sky texture background, and another layer with an outerspace background.

This would mean that every sim would have to be connected to five other sims instead of four. While it is possible (in theory) to only put a "space layer sim" over some and not all "earth layer sims, Linden will probably not do that. So this may only happend when there is enough demand for space property to warrent twice as many servers. Right now that it economically infeasable.

          Possible Future Simulator Topology
                           ---
                       ----  |
                       |   |--  
                       ----
             ---          ^--        ----
          ---- |       ----  |      ---  |
          |   |- <-   |   |--  ->   |  |-
          ----         ----         ---
                         V -
                      ----  |
                      |   |--   
                      ----

But I reiterate, that it is possible (in theory) to only put a "space layer sim" ontop of only some, and not nessesarily all sims. For instance, island sim owners might like the option to put a second dedicated sim ontop of their others so that their land can have outerspace access, while others may not.

search for "cell phone" in find under places.

Cell phones have been done already, as already mentioned I believe. I don't see the benefits over IM, though, and it's a pay-for service I believe. You can also find any Calling Card on the map via going to the person's profile and pressing "Map." Voice mail has also been done I believe, using Email commands.

Group "levels" could feasibly be done by stringing together several groups, but yeah - a more diverse social strata in them would be a plus.




It is a reality, and depends only on how long you want to work to make that happen. Space stations have been done as well.




That could be done, but the problem is not the ability to do so... it's the fact that data becomes harder to then send to the clients. If you're looking for some more advanced tools, though, you can check out my comments on subdivision algorithms and a 3D model importer on this forum (too lazy to go linking them).




Again, doable with LSL, but depends on how long you want to work at it.




Try prim hair! Just be advised that overdoing it makes other people mad, because it takes that much longer to load.