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ninjafoo Ng

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06-04-2007 14:15

Slow the clouds down, make the default lighting more sensible and its very impressive.

On the downside, its only impressive if your standing at sea level or not far from it. Flying gives you a horrible hard horizon like with warped bowl effect for the sea.

Skyboxes are a nono. the ground is to far away to render so you get a lovely sky, hard horizon and giant cyan fish bowl below - u g l y

Low clouds are a must, please put them in.

The ability to make dramatic lighting is really nice and adds a while new dimension to SL, so im really looking forward to themed atmospheric builds. OTOH, it doesn't help anybody selling a texture based product (hence the need for sane, dare I say it, boring defaults)

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Calveen Kline

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Join date: 5 Jan 2007

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06-04-2007 15:02

Clouds? what clouds? I don't see ANY clouds. The horizon gap has been noted and they're looking for a fix. Other than that, I see the sky as a cube with every face having a different tone of blue (or black). The sky is very pretty as long as I stare in one direction only...

SuezanneC Baskerville

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06-04-2007 18:37

might should be called windhaze, or hazelight, or hazehaze

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Broccoli Curry

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Join date: 13 Jun 2006

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06-05-2007 02:51

From: Calveen Kline

Clouds? what clouds? I don't see ANY clouds.

They work fine on my home PC but not at work; it's something to do with your graphics card.

If you don't have the "Enable Vertex Shaders" setting turned on in Edit > Preferences > Graphics Detail (or it won't turn on), then you won't see the clouds.

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Yasmine Isbell

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Join date: 22 Sep 2006

Posts: 1

06-05-2007 03:03

It's Beautifull, But i live on a sky house

and i have some little problem with the Skydome... Rise a little the SkyDome ( at 1000 m ) it's a good Solution if Possible.

I supose i'm not alone with this problem

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Eventyr Yue

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Join date: 19 May 2007

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06-05-2007 10:51

For the most part, just gorgeous. The sky and moving clouds are lovely, but the distorted land when viewed from high up is really disorienting and disturbing. As for the cloud layer that hangs at about 200m or so in the regular viewer, I vote for keeping it off. IMO it always created too much lag when trying to fly, especially in highly populated and developed sims.

Ceera Murakami

Texture Artist / Builder

Join date: 9 Sep 2005

Posts: 7,750

06-06-2007 09:14

They need to raise the skydome to at least 1000 to 2000 Meters. At the max building height of 768 Meters everything should look just as normal as it does at sea level. Until they can offer at least that much compatability, Windlight is simply not ready for release, no matter how good it looks on the ground.

When flying at anything less than the skydome height minus 200 Meters or so, things should at least look relatively normal, even if well above 768 meters.

If above the skydome, some sort of "fade to stars" effect should be stuck up there.

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Adeline Blackthorne

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Join date: 26 Dec 2006

Posts: 18

06-13-2007 12:36

From: Broccoli Curry

They work fine on my home PC but not at work; it's something to do with your graphics card.

If you don't have the "Enable Vertex Shaders" setting turned on in Edit > Preferences > Graphics Detail (or it won't turn on), then you won't see the clouds.

Broccoli

The "enable Vertex Shaders" box is greyed out on my preferences; does this mean my graphics card simply will not support it? I DLed the stinkin Windlight viewer for clouds & cool skies but so far have seen "night" completely black everything out and the sun never move from noon, no matter my settings. Meh.

Kevin Susenko

Voice Mentor

Join date: 11 Jul 2006

Posts: 198

06-13-2007 14:28

From: Adeline Blackthorne

The "enable Vertex Shaders" box is greyed out on my preferences; does this mean my graphics card simply will not support it? I DLed the stinkin Windlight viewer for clouds & cool skies but so far have seen "night" completely black everything out and the sun never move from noon, no matter my settings. Meh.

Pretty much. What card do you have?

It won't matter soon though since the windlight is supposed to be replaced with the voice firstlook today. Windlight will come back later and hopefully with volumetric clouds this time

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Adeline Blackthorne

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Join date: 26 Dec 2006

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06-13-2007 16:37

From: Kevin Susenko

Pretty much. What card do you have?

It won't matter soon though since the windlight is supposed to be replaced with the voice firstlook today. Windlight will come back later and hopefully with volumetric clouds this time

I don't know what card I have

It's whatever came in the computer 2 yrs ago

Probably obsolete before I bought it, I'm sure. *rolls eyes*

Too bad. I liked the idea of Windlight much more than voice. Oh well.

Alex1 Richardson

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Join date: 27 Aug 2006

Posts: 3

06-21-2007 12:09

if i enable vertex shaders, i crash.

without vertex shaders, the sky looks like crap.

oh the future is so great....

Braya White

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Join date: 13 Oct 2004

Posts: 10

06-21-2007 14:41

From: Alex1 Richardson

if i enable vertex shaders, i crash.

without vertex shaders, the sky looks like crap.

oh the future is so great....

They have supposedly fixed the problem with vertex shader crashing. But due to the fact that they have removed windlight from First Look for the moment, we can't really know if the fix will actually work for us. It's a shame, too. Since I had the same problem, I was looking very forward to actually using windlight as it was intended. But I guess for now, it's all about the voice chat.

Windlight Impressions
ninjafoo Ng Just me :) Join date: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 713	06-04-2007 14:15 Slow the clouds down, make the default lighting more sensible and its very impressive. On the downside, its only impressive if your standing at sea level or not far from it. Flying gives you a horrible hard horizon like with warped bowl effect for the sea. Skyboxes are a nono. the ground is to far away to render so you get a lovely sky, hard horizon and giant cyan fish bowl below - u g l y Low clouds are a must, please put them in. The ability to make dramatic lighting is really nice and adds a while new dimension to SL, so im really looking forward to themed atmospheric builds. OTOH, it doesn't help anybody selling a texture based product (hence the need for sane, dare I say it, boring defaults) _____________________ FooRoo : clothes,bdsm,cages,houses & scripts QAvimator (Linux, MacOS X & Windows) : http://qavimator.org/
Calveen Kline In pursuit of Happiness Join date: 5 Jan 2007 Posts: 682	06-04-2007 15:02 Clouds? what clouds? I don't see ANY clouds. The horizon gap has been noted and they're looking for a fix. Other than that, I see the sky as a cube with every face having a different tone of blue (or black). The sky is very pretty as long as I stare in one direction only...
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	06-04-2007 18:37 might should be called windhaze, or hazelight, or hazehaze _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Broccoli Curry I am my alt's alt's alt. Join date: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 1,660	06-05-2007 02:51 From: Calveen Kline Clouds? what clouds? I don't see ANY clouds. They work fine on my home PC but not at work; it's something to do with your graphics card. If you don't have the "Enable Vertex Shaders" setting turned on in Edit > Preferences > Graphics Detail (or it won't turn on), then you won't see the clouds. Broccoli _____________________ ~ This space has been abandoned as I can no longer afford it.
Yasmine Isbell Registered User Join date: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 1	06-05-2007 03:03 It's Beautifull, But i live on a sky house and i have some little problem with the Skydome... Rise a little the SkyDome ( at 1000 m ) it's a good Solution if Possible. I supose i'm not alone with this problem Regard _____________________ French Helper From Gaia Unoficial French Help Island.
Eventyr Yue Registered User Join date: 19 May 2007 Posts: 3	06-05-2007 10:51 For the most part, just gorgeous. The sky and moving clouds are lovely, but the distorted land when viewed from high up is really disorienting and disturbing. As for the cloud layer that hangs at about 200m or so in the regular viewer, I vote for keeping it off. IMO it always created too much lag when trying to fly, especially in highly populated and developed sims.
Ceera Murakami Texture Artist / Builder Join date: 9 Sep 2005 Posts: 7,750	06-06-2007 09:14 They need to raise the skydome to at least 1000 to 2000 Meters. At the max building height of 768 Meters everything should look just as normal as it does at sea level. Until they can offer at least that much compatability, Windlight is simply not ready for release, no matter how good it looks on the ground. When flying at anything less than the skydome height minus 200 Meters or so, things should at least look relatively normal, even if well above 768 meters. If above the skydome, some sort of "fade to stars" effect should be stuck up there. _____________________ 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.
Adeline Blackthorne deez muffins is real good Join date: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 18	06-13-2007 12:36 From: Broccoli Curry They work fine on my home PC but not at work; it's something to do with your graphics card. If you don't have the "Enable Vertex Shaders" setting turned on in Edit > Preferences > Graphics Detail (or it won't turn on), then you won't see the clouds. Broccoli The "enable Vertex Shaders" box is greyed out on my preferences; does this mean my graphics card simply will not support it? I DLed the stinkin Windlight viewer for clouds & cool skies but so far have seen "night" completely black everything out and the sun never move from noon, no matter my settings. Meh.
Kevin Susenko Voice Mentor Join date: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 198	06-13-2007 14:28 From: Adeline Blackthorne The "enable Vertex Shaders" box is greyed out on my preferences; does this mean my graphics card simply will not support it? I DLed the stinkin Windlight viewer for clouds & cool skies but so far have seen "night" completely black everything out and the sun never move from noon, no matter my settings. Meh. Pretty much. What card do you have? It won't matter soon though since the windlight is supposed to be replaced with the voice firstlook today. Windlight will come back later and hopefully with volumetric clouds this time _____________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 (Overclocked - 2.8GHz) \| Mobo: EVGA nForce 680i SLI \| GPU: XFX nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX 768mb GDDR3 \| Memory: 4gb DDR2 PC5300 667MHz Dual Channel \| PSU: Antec Neo HE 550w \| Sound: SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtrememusic \| HDD: 950gb total SATA3 \| OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
Adeline Blackthorne deez muffins is real good Join date: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 18	06-13-2007 16:37 From: Kevin Susenko Pretty much. What card do you have? It won't matter soon though since the windlight is supposed to be replaced with the voice firstlook today. Windlight will come back later and hopefully with volumetric clouds this time I don't know what card I have It's whatever came in the computer 2 yrs ago Probably obsolete before I bought it, I'm sure. rolls eyes Too bad. I liked the idea of Windlight much more than voice. Oh well.
Alex1 Richardson Registered User Join date: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 3	06-21-2007 12:09 if i enable vertex shaders, i crash. without vertex shaders, the sky looks like crap. oh the future is so great....
Braya White Registered User Join date: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 10	06-21-2007 14:41 From: Alex1 Richardson if i enable vertex shaders, i crash. without vertex shaders, the sky looks like crap. oh the future is so great.... They have supposedly fixed the problem with vertex shader crashing. But due to the fact that they have removed windlight from First Look for the moment, we can't really know if the fix will actually work for us. It's a shame, too. Since I had the same problem, I was looking very forward to actually using windlight as it was intended. But I guess for now, it's all about the voice chat.

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