World Map vandalisation to the extreme
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nand Nerd
Flexi Fanatic
Join date: 4 Oct 2005
Posts: 427
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02-24-2006 20:15
I've been working on a script to create spheres using cube prims, my latest result was a 256m diameter sphere in the sim Sandbox Island. Here for your amusement is a snapshot of the world map...
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nand Nerd
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02-25-2006 17:56
adding a screenshot...
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Jillian Callahan
Rotary-winged Neko Girl
Join date: 24 Jun 2004
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02-25-2006 18:22
Oo! I saw that earlier today in-world. Very pretty!  |
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TonyRockyHorror Hauptmann
two-for-one special
Join date: 5 Nov 2005
Posts: 76
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02-25-2006 20:58
did you clear that before you left? don't get me wrong, it's neat-looking. but it would kind of eff up the sanbox for other people.
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nand Nerd
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02-26-2006 05:54
In order for it to appear on the world map I needed to leave it until clearing time, it was sufficiently high enough that it shouldn't slow anyone down unless they'd left their view distance too high (>256m). Other than that it's no more laggy than any other 3362 prims, and cubes with topsize at that (as opposed to torii). If anyone did experience any problems in the sim during the time it was up I appologise on the offchance it was to do with my sphere, it certainly shouldn't have any effect on sim fps or time dilation.
nand
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Barnesworth Anubis
Is about to cry!
Join date: 21 Jun 2004
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02-26-2006 08:54
i have seen lots of giant spheres, what impresses me most is the rainbow gradeint across it, now that is cool - im assuming the script does that too?
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nand Nerd
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02-26-2006 10:10
Yes indeed Barnesworth, the gradient is a function of the angle horizontally and vertically so the colours twist as you travel down the sphere. The colour vector is calculated at the time the prim position and rotation are.
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Maxx Monde
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Join date: 14 Nov 2003
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02-26-2006 10:18
Totally mentioning this in the next MaxxCast. Great work, its really cool to see things like that on the world map  Thank you for sharing your pics!
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Einsman Schlegel
Disenchanted Fool
Join date: 11 Jun 2003
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02-26-2006 10:33
Looks like something someone made out of XYObject. Neat though.
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Justus Elytis
Registered User
Join date: 16 Dec 2005
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02-27-2006 10:06
Very interesting!
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Theo Lament
In Perpetua Designs
Join date: 30 May 2004
Posts: 68
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02-27-2006 12:33
I saw that on the map but was so busy with clients that I didn't get to go see what in the world it was!
I figured it was just map art. Not saying map art isn't coolieo, but being 3D as well adds a whole bunch of kudo points, I am sorry to have missed seeing it in person.
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Troy Vogel
Marginal Prof. of ZOMG!
Join date: 16 Aug 2004
Posts: 478
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02-27-2006 13:22
soooo THAT was what was wrong with the sandbox island that day. Dude how many prims was that exactly???? LOL
and yeah we were kinda ticked off on the ground about it, but still congrats on your mega-achievement, it does look pretty for sure. Next time let's determine a certain time and place so that other people are not inconvenienced -- perhaps a cool event where we gather several programmers like you, and have each one them showcase an effect like this in the sandbox ....
Troy
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Lash Xevious
Gooberly
Join date: 8 May 2004
Posts: 1,348
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02-27-2006 13:31
Oi! I saw that on the map the other night. I imagined some particle explosion happened or something. Anyways, it looked very nice on the map. Though the image wasn't consistently seen. But I do love the purty colours.
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