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Force sun per parcel

Haravikk Mistral
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01-02-2007 08:49
Fairly self-explanatory:
Estate managers can change the time of day their sim represents, meaning if they want they can force it to always be daylight, or always midnight. This is fine for a simulator sized build, however, I've built a small (200 prims) home built into a mountain side, it makes no sense that when I'm indoors everything is bright lit as though there were no roof, I'm in a mountain side!

What would be nice therefore is the ability to control daylight settings on a per-parcel basis. There is of course the risk that everyone will change it and you get a sun that can't stop moving, however if this is a concern then it could be a pay-for-use feature, ie you pay L$ weekly like when listing a parcel in search, but in order to enable custom time of day settings for your parcel. This could also be charged based on parcel size, so the more of the simulator you are essentially over-riding, the more it will cost you, encourging people to use it responsibly (e.g in my case I could parcel off the inside of the mountain where the home is, so only inside the building is custom lit).

The main advantage though is that smaller builds that look much better (or make no sense without) custom daylight settings can have them without needing a whole simulator for a build that fits on 1024 sq m of land :)

An additional to this would be the ability to over-ride a user's nighttime brightness, or for the default to be changed to 0.0. A nighttime brightness of 1.0 is pretty crappy looking, lights have no real depth, if you need to see you can carry a lantern. Per-build though may be better since many builds don't light themselves properly, meanwhile my house looks awesome in midnight with the nighttime brightness down.
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Kyrah Abattoir
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01-02-2007 09:24
it's already a pay for use function ---> private island.
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Draco18s Majestic
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01-02-2007 17:22
From: Kyrah Abattoir
it's already a pay for use function ---> private island.

Why, she didn't know that....
Honestly. She wants to be able to pay some amount < private island cost (but in such a way that the more land she owns the cheaper it is--like teir) so that she can do it on her 1024 plot. She said that she didn't want to own a whole sim so that should could light her 1024 house.
Haravikk Mistral
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01-02-2007 17:54
From: Draco18s Majestic
Why, she didn't know that....
Honestly. She wants to be able to pay some amount < private island cost (but in such a way that the more land she owns the cheaper it is--like teir) so that she can do it on her 1024 plot. She said that she didn't want to own a whole sim so that should could light her 1024 house.

Thank you :)
I do have a simulator scale idea that will work wonderfully with a forced midnight, that one is fine (but rather a bit much for me to pay at the moment). What I have now is a delightfully cosy house that looks washed out and naff in daylight, if I've time later I'll post screenshots to show off what I mean.

It'd be a tad excessive to buy 65536 sq m of land for $295 USD a month just to perfectly light my 1024 sq m, $14.95 a month house don't you think Kyrah? :P
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