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Lordfly Digeridoo
Prim Orchestrator
Join date: 21 Jul 2003
Posts: 3,628
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02-09-2004 19:51
Would the lindens PLEASE up the "40 meters linked" restriction? I recently spent a few hours trying to make a nice prefab house to sell, only to find out halfway through that it's too far apart to link as one piece... nevermind that the floorplan was only 10x20. I guess from corner to corner it was too big for a link or something.
This is really getting on my nerves. I can't make anything of decent size for prefabs because it just says "well golly gee, nope, objects too far apart".
I realize it's probably a limitation on the physics engine, but maybe make bigger-than-40-meter objects nonphysical?
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Julia Curie
Senior Member
Join date: 1 Nov 2003
Posts: 298
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02-09-2004 19:54
You can link up to 40m? I couldn't link up 30m. I had to settle for around 20-25m before it would link. I want your building mojo!  PS - I second this idea because I'd like to make some nice builds too that didnt come in multiple pieces. |
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Camille Serpentine
Eater of the Dead
Join date: 6 Oct 2003
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02-09-2004 20:15
someone told me that even if you can't link it all, you can select it all and save it together in a folder. I haven't tried it so I don't know if it works
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Oz Spade
ReadsNoPostLongerThanHand
Join date: 23 Sep 2003
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02-09-2004 21:37
I believe you can Shift+Select and then right click and select Take and it'll save it all as one object yet maintain its seperate properties. The name will be that of the last Shift+Selected object of course. I'm not sure if theres a distance restriction on that or not.
I haven't run into this problem yet, but I wouldn't mind having it incresed.
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Ama Omega
Lost Wanderer
Join date: 11 Dec 2002
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02-09-2004 21:49
The distance apart that objects can be linked is related to the objects size. You can link two 10m3 cubes that are futher apart than you can two 1m3 cubes. Just FYI. 
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Ezhar Fairlight
professional slacker
Join date: 30 Jun 2003
Posts: 310
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02-10-2004 08:31
IIRC, the maximum distance is 32m between the centers of the two prims furthest apart in the link set. Andrew Linden posted it somewhere, so go searching if you don't trust my memory ;)
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MaryJane Sunshine
Member
Join date: 7 Jul 2003
Posts: 84
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02-10-2004 08:54
Whatever the restriction is... I agree it needs to be increased. I've had the same problem while linking my houses together. |
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Siobhan Taylor
Nemesis
Join date: 13 Aug 2003
Posts: 5,476
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02-10-2004 10:39
From: someone Originally posted by Oz Spade
I believe you can Shift+Select and then right click and select Take and it'll save it all as one object yet maintain its seperate properties. The name will be that of the last Shift+Selected object of course. I'm not sure if theres a distance restriction on that or not.
I haven't run into this problem yet, but I wouldn't mind having it incresed. Absolutely correct... I use it for smaller things too, like putting a table and set of chairs into a box for sale... just drag it out and it's all nicely positioned. 
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Snoopy Pico
Your Best Friend
Join date: 5 Feb 2003
Posts: 62
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02-10-2004 11:40
Ive had the same problem. not only with houses but SPACE SHIPS =D
It would be nice if non physical objects could be alot longer hehe
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Maxx Monde
Registered User
Join date: 14 Nov 2003
Posts: 1,848
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02-10-2004 12:07
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Devlin Gallant
Thought Police
Join date: 18 Jun 2003
Posts: 5,948
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02-10-2004 12:09
Same here, I always find the limits pretty frustrating. I say should be extended to 100 meters minimum.
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Nephilaine Protagonist
PixelSlinger
Join date: 22 Jul 2003
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02-10-2004 13:02
i endorse this product/service/solution.
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eltee Statosky
Luskie
Join date: 23 Sep 2003
Posts: 1,258
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02-10-2004 13:07
i believe its more a consideration for the physics system than for some aesthetic.. aka single, multi selected objects all apply to the physics engine as jus the single objects, easy
a linked object acts like one monstrous custom prim that the physics engine has an increasingly more difficult time calculating things like collisions with and stuff
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Christopher Omega
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Join date: 28 Mar 2003
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02-10-2004 16:53
From: someone Originally posted by eltee Statosky
i believe its more a consideration for the physics system than for some aesthetic.. aka single, multi selected objects all apply to the physics engine as jus the single objects, easy
a linked object acts like one monstrous custom prim that the physics engine has an increasingly more difficult time calculating things like collisions with and stuff I was thinking the same thing when reading this thread. Perhaps if we had a 'preserve selection' feature, where the physics engine thinks that the objects are unlinked, but the editing code makes it 'look' like we have all prims selected everytime we want to edit that 'set'. ==Chris |