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Khamon Fate

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Join date: 21 Nov 2003

Posts: 4,177

12-21-2005 22:01

This doesn't wash somehow. What bothers me about it?

hmmm

Are there any estate sims that are contiguous and have different texture sets or water heights or such?

Maybe that's it.

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Aliasi Stonebender

Return of Catbread

Join date: 30 Jan 2005

Posts: 1,858

12-21-2005 22:12

From: Khamon Fate

This doesn't wash somehow. What bothers me about it?

hmmm

Are there any estate sims that are contiguous and have different texture sets or water heights or such?

Maybe that's it.

I don't know of any with different water heights, but texture sets, certainly.

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Traxx Hathor

Architect

Join date: 11 Oct 2004

Posts: 422

12-21-2005 23:54

Adjacent PI sims may have completely different texture sets and different elevation values where the textures are automatically blended. In the islands it's up to the good sense of the Estate owners to put the time and effort into obtaining a smooth visual transition. The most freedom would be obtained by keeping the border between sims within one common elevation band, using a texture common to both sims, for example a light sand used around the 20m mark. Further away from the border the terrain in each sim could be more dramatically terraformed, and make use of related but non-identical textures.

Surina Skallagrimson

Queen of Amazon Nations

Join date: 19 Jun 2003

Posts: 941

12-22-2005 02:45

Doc is talking about all the controls that island owners have access to and specificly mentions access controls. Some of those controls, for example visibility, work grid wide with all connected sims. So if I set a single sim as not visible on the map, all connected sims dissapear as well.

There are also controls that make no sense at all on the main grid, for example the checkbox "Main grid visible from here"

If you argue that ok, it would be nice to have some controls but not others, then that is what we already have.

There is supposed to be an inherent difference between main grid sims and private islands. The main grid being Linden controled. If you can afford an entire sim and you want total control over it, then what you need is a PI.

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Khamon Fate fategardens.net Join date: 21 Nov 2003 Posts: 4,177	12-21-2005 22:01 This doesn't wash somehow. What bothers me about it? hmmm Are there any estate sims that are contiguous and have different texture sets or water heights or such? Maybe that's it. _____________________ Visit the Fate Gardens Website @ fategardens.net
Aliasi Stonebender Return of Catbread Join date: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 1,858	12-21-2005 22:12 From: Khamon Fate This doesn't wash somehow. What bothers me about it? hmmm Are there any estate sims that are contiguous and have different texture sets or water heights or such? Maybe that's it. I don't know of any with different water heights, but texture sets, certainly. _____________________ Red Mary says, softly, “How a man grows aggressive when his enemy displays propriety. He thinks: I will use this good behavior to enforce my advantage over her. Is it any wonder people hold good behavior in such disregard?” Anything Surplus Home to the "Nuke the Crap Out of..." series of games and other stuff
Traxx Hathor Architect Join date: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 422	12-21-2005 23:54 Adjacent PI sims may have completely different texture sets and different elevation values where the textures are automatically blended. In the islands it's up to the good sense of the Estate owners to put the time and effort into obtaining a smooth visual transition. The most freedom would be obtained by keeping the border between sims within one common elevation band, using a texture common to both sims, for example a light sand used around the 20m mark. Further away from the border the terrain in each sim could be more dramatically terraformed, and make use of related but non-identical textures.
Surina Skallagrimson Queen of Amazon Nations Join date: 19 Jun 2003 Posts: 941	12-22-2005 02:45 Doc is talking about all the controls that island owners have access to and specificly mentions access controls. Some of those controls, for example visibility, work grid wide with all connected sims. So if I set a single sim as not visible on the map, all connected sims dissapear as well. There are also controls that make no sense at all on the main grid, for example the checkbox "Main grid visible from here" If you argue that ok, it would be nice to have some controls but not others, then that is what we already have. There is supposed to be an inherent difference between main grid sims and private islands. The main grid being Linden controled. If you can afford an entire sim and you want total control over it, then what you need is a PI. _____________________ -------------------------------------------------------- Surina Skallagrimson Queen of Amazon Nation Rizal Sports Mentor -------------------------------------------------------- Philip Linden: "we are not in the game business." Adam Savage: "I reject your reality and substitue my own."