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Fury Harbinger

Armed To The Teeth

Join date: 14 Oct 2005

Posts: 69

01-11-2006 20:10

Had a nice time with my girlfriends on our yacht in Baltic. Overall it was really fun, but a few things I noticed that could have improved it.

1. Make the water deeper. MUCH deeper.
2. Add fish and plants
3. Make it create but give it a 24hr timer

What I wanted to do was be able to take the yacht out and play with the waverunner, do some diving, and launch the skydiving pod off the back for some parachuting. But there was nothing to see under the water and the pod kept falling off world after launch and it had to be dragged all the way from Baffin. Baffin has a nice pavillion area and many of the public lands have some nice buildings-why not give the same care to the public water lands? And how about more public forests?

Just a thought

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samus Fardel

Registered User

Join date: 6 Oct 2005

Posts: 3

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01-14-2006 10:25

Sounds good to me.

Demian Caldera

..ya, that too...

Join date: 8 Jun 2004

Posts: 249

01-15-2006 07:11

You can do all that and then some at Dragon Moon.

Margaret Mfume

I.C.

Join date: 30 Dec 2004

Posts: 2,492

01-15-2006 08:04

From: Fury Harbinger

Had a nice time with my girlfriends on our yacht in Baltic. Overall it was really fun, but a few things I noticed that could have improved it.

1. Make the water deeper. MUCH deeper.
2. Add fish and plants
3. Make it create but give it a 24hr timer

What I wanted to do was be able to take the yacht out and play with the waverunner, do some diving, and launch the skydiving pod off the back for some parachuting. But there was nothing to see under the water and the pod kept falling off world after launch and it had to be dragged all the way from Baffin. Baffin has a nice pavillion area and many of the public lands have some nice buildings-why not give the same care to the public water lands? And how about more public forests?

Just a thought

The water sims used to be inaccessible like the "water" between the private island sims. LL used older simulators to provide open spaces to boat and fly through instead of voids. The items you are asking for require server support. At the time these water sims were added, we were pretty pleased to be able to fly through rather than around these areas. Of course, people who joined since then are not aware of this.

As another poster mentioned, there are private sims which can provide you with the experience you are looking for. I would add that the southeast sims have waterways up to 80 meters in depth.

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Fury Harbinger

Armed To The Teeth

Join date: 14 Oct 2005

Posts: 69

01-18-2006 19:03

From: Demian Caldera

You can do all that and then some at Dragon Moon.

This is true, and I love DM to be sure, but I can't sail out of sight of land at DM. I can't be surrounded by water and nothing else.

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-My Ruin

Fu‧ry [fyoor-ee]
1. unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like
2. a fierce and violent person, esp. a woman

Fury Harbinger

Armed To The Teeth

Join date: 14 Oct 2005

Posts: 69

01-18-2006 19:18

From: Margaret Mfume

The water sims used to be inaccessible like the "water" between the private island sims. LL used older simulators to provide open spaces to boat and fly through instead of voids. The items you are asking for require server support. At the time these water sims were added, we were pretty pleased to be able to fly through rather than around these areas. Of course, people who joined since then are not aware of this.

As another poster mentioned, there are private sims which can provide you with the experience you are looking for. I would add that the southeast sims have waterways up to 80 meters in depth.

I understand about the server load...but it can still be deeper. And they can still allow objects. That said, I'm still very glad to have the empty sims.

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Siggy Romulus

DILLIGAF

Join date: 22 Sep 2003

Posts: 5,711

01-18-2006 19:19

Something to note is that the water sims are 'void simulators' - an experiment done a while back where 4 areas worth of sims are hosted on a single machine.

I *may* be mistaken but I think the latest batch of void sims were installed on old machines that had been updated.

So theres a trade off there - in order for them to have these spaces we can fly through (rather than a 'brick wall' as it was beforehand) - we have to sacrifice some of the flexability we'd have in a 'normal sim' - I'd like for there to be something there (even if it were 'linden tree' seaweed) - but I don't know how much the machines could bear (or what they have to deal with atm).

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Demian Caldera

..ya, that too...

Join date: 8 Jun 2004

Posts: 249

01-20-2006 11:34

From: Fury Harbinger

This is true, and I love DM to be sure, but I can't sail out of sight of land at DM. I can't be surrounded by water and nothing else.

I know, Fury!

I'd love to have "real" water sims around every island too and I'd love to sail the SL oceans, visiting island sims and stuff like that. Let's hope that some day it will be possible.

Lizbeth Marlowe

The ORIGINAL "Demo Girl"

Join date: 7 May 2005

Posts: 544

01-20-2006 12:09

From: Fury Harbinger

This is true, and I love DM to be sure, but I can't sail out of sight of land at DM. I can't be surrounded by water and nothing else.

Go to the sim off the coast of Scafell...can't think of the name of it atm, starts with an H...sail on out to the center of the sim, and then turn your draw distance down to 64M...nothin' but water baby.

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Frank Lardner

Cultural Explorer

Join date: 30 Sep 2005

Posts: 409

All talk and no sailing

01-20-2006 17:01

From: Demian Caldera

I know, Fury!

I'd love to have "real" water sims around every island too and I'd love to sail the SL oceans, visiting island sims and stuff like that. Let's hope that some day it will be possible.

There are large stretches of sailable water ... a whole huge lake of about 9 sims last time I looked ... and some lovely waterside homes at the shore ... yet when I look at the map, I see nobody, absolutely nobody, sailing on them.

Take a look at this thread by Heather Rockwell, a SL resident almost finished circumnavigating the entire SL "globe" in the true-sailing 42-footer Trudeau yacht: "Sailing around the SL world" at /108/ac/83547/1.html

Or this one about the regular sailboat races: /110/13/51075/1.html

It is possible. Lovely sailing dingies with realistic sailing action cost one Linden at the yacht club. Why aren't you doing it now?

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Jeannedellalune Prudhomme

Late Blumer

Join date: 6 Nov 2005

Posts: 31

sailing

01-21-2006 13:11

Believe me, there are plenty of people in Sl who want to sail, maybe not to race. I picked out my rental home based on that premise, and I am looking for land based on that same desire.

I want sailable water areas!

I have introduced a number of my SL friends to the joy of Tako sailing. It's a great sailboat. What a pleasure to be out in a boat with friends, chatting away, running aground, getting suddenly bounced out of barricaded water property and having to get out and explore. I have more Takos in my lost and found than I know what to with.

Dragon Moon?
Baltic?
Scafell?
I'll look at these areas, in addition to Hollywood and Cayman. Any more places?

Beautify The Empty Sims!!
Fury Harbinger Armed To The Teeth Join date: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 69	01-11-2006 20:10 Had a nice time with my girlfriends on our yacht in Baltic. Overall it was really fun, but a few things I noticed that could have improved it. 1. Make the water deeper. MUCH deeper. 2. Add fish and plants 3. Make it create but give it a 24hr timer What I wanted to do was be able to take the yacht out and play with the waverunner, do some diving, and launch the skydiving pod off the back for some parachuting. But there was nothing to see under the water and the pod kept falling off world after launch and it had to be dragged all the way from Baffin. Baffin has a nice pavillion area and many of the public lands have some nice buildings-why not give the same care to the public water lands? And how about more public forests? Just a thought _____________________ "I've buried all my hatchets but I'm sharpening my knives!" -My Ruin Fu‧ry [fyoor-ee] 1. unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like 2. a fierce and violent person, esp. a woman
samus Fardel Registered User Join date: 6 Oct 2005 Posts: 3	=] 01-14-2006 10:25 Sounds good to me.
Demian Caldera ..ya, that too... Join date: 8 Jun 2004 Posts: 249	01-15-2006 07:11 You can do all that and then some at Dragon Moon.
Margaret Mfume I.C. Join date: 30 Dec 2004 Posts: 2,492	01-15-2006 08:04 From: Fury Harbinger Had a nice time with my girlfriends on our yacht in Baltic. Overall it was really fun, but a few things I noticed that could have improved it. 1. Make the water deeper. MUCH deeper. 2. Add fish and plants 3. Make it create but give it a 24hr timer What I wanted to do was be able to take the yacht out and play with the waverunner, do some diving, and launch the skydiving pod off the back for some parachuting. But there was nothing to see under the water and the pod kept falling off world after launch and it had to be dragged all the way from Baffin. Baffin has a nice pavillion area and many of the public lands have some nice buildings-why not give the same care to the public water lands? And how about more public forests? Just a thought The water sims used to be inaccessible like the "water" between the private island sims. LL used older simulators to provide open spaces to boat and fly through instead of voids. The items you are asking for require server support. At the time these water sims were added, we were pretty pleased to be able to fly through rather than around these areas. Of course, people who joined since then are not aware of this. As another poster mentioned, there are private sims which can provide you with the experience you are looking for. I would add that the southeast sims have waterways up to 80 meters in depth. _____________________ hush
Fury Harbinger Armed To The Teeth Join date: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 69	01-18-2006 19:03 From: Demian Caldera You can do all that and then some at Dragon Moon. This is true, and I love DM to be sure, but I can't sail out of sight of land at DM. I can't be surrounded by water and nothing else. _____________________ "I've buried all my hatchets but I'm sharpening my knives!" -My Ruin Fu‧ry [fyoor-ee] 1. unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like 2. a fierce and violent person, esp. a woman
Fury Harbinger Armed To The Teeth Join date: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 69	01-18-2006 19:18 From: Margaret Mfume The water sims used to be inaccessible like the "water" between the private island sims. LL used older simulators to provide open spaces to boat and fly through instead of voids. The items you are asking for require server support. At the time these water sims were added, we were pretty pleased to be able to fly through rather than around these areas. Of course, people who joined since then are not aware of this. As another poster mentioned, there are private sims which can provide you with the experience you are looking for. I would add that the southeast sims have waterways up to 80 meters in depth. I understand about the server load...but it can still be deeper. And they can still allow objects. That said, I'm still very glad to have the empty sims. _____________________ "I've buried all my hatchets but I'm sharpening my knives!" -My Ruin Fu‧ry [fyoor-ee] 1. unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like 2. a fierce and violent person, esp. a woman
Siggy Romulus DILLIGAF Join date: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 5,711	01-18-2006 19:19 Something to note is that the water sims are 'void simulators' - an experiment done a while back where 4 areas worth of sims are hosted on a single machine. I may be mistaken but I think the latest batch of void sims were installed on old machines that had been updated. So theres a trade off there - in order for them to have these spaces we can fly through (rather than a 'brick wall' as it was beforehand) - we have to sacrifice some of the flexability we'd have in a 'normal sim' - I'd like for there to be something there (even if it were 'linden tree' seaweed) - but I don't know how much the machines could bear (or what they have to deal with atm). _____________________ The Second Life forums are living proof as to why it's illegal for people to have sex with farm animals. From: Jesse Linden I, for one, am highly un-helped by this thread
Demian Caldera ..ya, that too... Join date: 8 Jun 2004 Posts: 249	01-20-2006 11:34 From: Fury Harbinger This is true, and I love DM to be sure, but I can't sail out of sight of land at DM. I can't be surrounded by water and nothing else. I know, Fury! I'd love to have "real" water sims around every island too and I'd love to sail the SL oceans, visiting island sims and stuff like that. Let's hope that some day it will be possible.
Lizbeth Marlowe The ORIGINAL "Demo Girl" Join date: 7 May 2005 Posts: 544	01-20-2006 12:09 From: Fury Harbinger This is true, and I love DM to be sure, but I can't sail out of sight of land at DM. I can't be surrounded by water and nothing else. Go to the sim off the coast of Scafell...can't think of the name of it atm, starts with an H...sail on out to the center of the sim, and then turn your draw distance down to 64M...nothin' but water baby. _____________________ Vote to add a button to verify Deleting Items! Prop 903 I've updated my BLOG!
Frank Lardner Cultural Explorer Join date: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 409	All talk and no sailing 01-20-2006 17:01 From: Demian Caldera I know, Fury! I'd love to have "real" water sims around every island too and I'd love to sail the SL oceans, visiting island sims and stuff like that. Let's hope that some day it will be possible. There are large stretches of sailable water ... a whole huge lake of about 9 sims last time I looked ... and some lovely waterside homes at the shore ... yet when I look at the map, I see nobody, absolutely nobody, sailing on them. Take a look at this thread by Heather Rockwell, a SL resident almost finished circumnavigating the entire SL "globe" in the true-sailing 42-footer Trudeau yacht: "Sailing around the SL world" at /108/ac/83547/1.html Or this one about the regular sailboat races: /110/13/51075/1.html It is possible. Lovely sailing dingies with realistic sailing action cost one Linden at the yacht club. Why aren't you doing it now? _____________________ Frank Lardner * Join the "Law Society of Second Life" -- dedicated to the objective study and discussion of SL ways of governance, contracting and dispute resolution. * Group Forum at: this link.
Jeannedellalune Prudhomme Late Blumer Join date: 6 Nov 2005 Posts: 31	sailing 01-21-2006 13:11 Believe me, there are plenty of people in Sl who want to sail, maybe not to race. I picked out my rental home based on that premise, and I am looking for land based on that same desire. I want sailable water areas! I have introduced a number of my SL friends to the joy of Tako sailing. It's a great sailboat. What a pleasure to be out in a boat with friends, chatting away, running aground, getting suddenly bounced out of barricaded water property and having to get out and explore. I have more Takos in my lost and found than I know what to with. Dragon Moon? Baltic? Scafell? I'll look at these areas, in addition to Hollywood and Cayman. Any more places?

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