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Ron Spitteler
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Join date: 30 Jan 2007
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06-25-2007 05:44
Is it possible to turn grass-land into a sandy beach?
I am talking about island land that I bought.
If yes, what should I do?
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Denise Bonetto
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Join date: 31 Jan 2007
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06-25-2007 05:52
You would have to speak to the island owner as only they can change the ground type and it would have to be over the whole island.
The only alternative is to put down prim sand which doesn't like quite as real.
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Ron Spitteler
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06-25-2007 05:58
Tnx Denise....!!
Any idea where to get prim-sand?
I searched on SLExchange as well as inworld but did find it yet..
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Ron Spitteler
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06-25-2007 06:08
I mean did NOT find it yet lol
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Denise Bonetto
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06-25-2007 06:08
I'm sure I have a few sand textures in my inventory, will send you some when I get inworld  |
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Ron Spitteler
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06-25-2007 06:11
Denise, I have some sand-textures as well .. but thought that was not what you meant with prim-sand, or did you??
Is it just making 'plates' to cover the floor and then putting the texture on it???
That way a declining beach is hard to make .............
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Ceera Murakami
Texture Artist / Builder
Join date: 9 Sep 2005
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06-25-2007 06:31
The only reliable way to change terrain textures at a parcel level is to cover the terrain that you have with terran-colored prims. Since prims can't take on the same fluid shapes that terrain can, it is a challenge to make prim terrain that looks convincing, unless all you want is a dead flat lawn.
The Library section of your inventory had 10 or more sand textures to choose from, free of charge. Any of those can also be applied to prims. The ones with "base" in their names are lower-resolurion versions of the other ones without "base" in their names.
On a whole-sim level, a sim owner can manipulate terrain texture choices by altitude bands. They still don't have a level of control that would allow a single parcel to be textured differently than the rest of the sim, however.
The new scuplted prims are not yet up to the task of being used well as fake terrain. You can't walk on their surfaces. The bounding box for where SL thinks teir surfaces are is still based on the actual prim that is sculpted, and not on its final sculpted shape.
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Sorry, LL won't let me tell you where I sell my textures and where I offer my services as a sim builder. Ask me in-world.
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Ron Spitteler
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06-25-2007 06:40
Ceera, I have send you an IM inworld ... hope to hear from you soon.
Tnx
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Markubis Brentano
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Join date: 15 Apr 2006
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06-25-2007 08:10
From: Ron Spitteler Ceera, I have send you an IM inworld ... hope to hear from you soon.
Tnx Make some 10 x 10 x 1 or 2m spheres and cut them in half. Apply a sand texture to them and you have sand dunes. Not the same as the real thing, but its the best yuo can do at the moment. (change the prim size that I mentioned above for any effect you want) |
