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Argent Stonecutter

Emergency Mustelid

Join date: 20 Sep 2005

Posts: 20,263

11-17-2005 06:23

How come you can't change the textures on your own land? At least within the textures available on the sim model, you shouldn't have to blow your prim allotment just to get ugly prim rocks and grass where surface textures would work better...

Aliasi Stonebender

Return of Catbread

Join date: 30 Jan 2005

Posts: 1,858

11-17-2005 06:26

This is what we call "an inducement to buy private islands".

Changing sim textures is a sim-wide thing that can only be done with the Estate tools you can use on a private island.

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Kenn Nilsson

AeonVox

Join date: 24 May 2005

Posts: 897

11-17-2005 08:39

It also creates land "value" in that people will be looking to buy land with a certain base texture...

Besides...could you imagine what a sim would look like if everyone could customize the look of their land?

Don't cover your terrain with prims...it looks fake and ugly anyway...work with the terrain you have. Work with the land, not against it.

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Bertha Horton

Fat w/ Ice Cream

Join date: 19 Sep 2005

Posts: 835

11-17-2005 16:33

Aren't the land textures specified and changeable in Second Life\app_settings\viewerart.ini? (Lot of great "hidden" textures in there you can add to your prims.)

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Argent Stonecutter

Emergency Mustelid

Join date: 20 Sep 2005

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11-18-2005 11:28

From: Kenn Nilsson

It also creates land "value" in that people will be looking to buy land with a certain base texture...

I had hoped there was a better reason than another artificial scarcity...

From: someone

Besides...could you imagine what a sim would look like if everyone could customize the look of their land?

It'd look pretty much like it does now, except you'd have fewer people covering their land with fake and ugly prims. Now... imagine what a sim would look like if you needed to get the sim owner to edit the terrain but you could change the colors of the surface... at least within the range available for that sim type? Better? I think so. Certainly more realistic.

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Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 20,263	11-17-2005 06:23 How come you can't change the textures on your own land? At least within the textures available on the sim model, you shouldn't have to blow your prim allotment just to get ugly prim rocks and grass where surface textures would work better...
Aliasi Stonebender Return of Catbread Join date: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 1,858	11-17-2005 06:26 This is what we call "an inducement to buy private islands". Changing sim textures is a sim-wide thing that can only be done with the Estate tools you can use on a private island. _____________________ 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
Kenn Nilsson AeonVox Join date: 24 May 2005 Posts: 897	11-17-2005 08:39 It also creates land "value" in that people will be looking to buy land with a certain base texture... Besides...could you imagine what a sim would look like if everyone could customize the look of their land? Don't cover your terrain with prims...it looks fake and ugly anyway...work with the terrain you have. Work with the land, not against it. _____________________ --AeonVox-- Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms chasing ghosts, eating magic pills, and listening to repetitive, addictive, electronic music.
Bertha Horton Fat w/ Ice Cream Join date: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 835	11-17-2005 16:33 Aren't the land textures specified and changeable in Second Life\app_settings\viewerart.ini? (Lot of great "hidden" textures in there you can add to your prims.) _____________________ Trapped in a world she never made!
Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 20,263	11-18-2005 11:28 From: Kenn Nilsson It also creates land "value" in that people will be looking to buy land with a certain base texture... I had hoped there was a better reason than another artificial scarcity... From: someone Besides...could you imagine what a sim would look like if everyone could customize the look of their land? It'd look pretty much like it does now, except you'd have fewer people covering their land with fake and ugly prims. Now... imagine what a sim would look like if you needed to get the sim owner to edit the terrain but you could change the colors of the surface... at least within the range available for that sim type? Better? I think so. Certainly more realistic.