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Sue Saintlouis
Registered User
Join date: 8 Dec 2006
Posts: 420
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03-09-2007 10:01
Is there a maximum number of prims that can be linked? I have a build that is 166 prims. Even though I select all of them, then link, and they are all highlighted, some of them don't get linked. It says 1 object, 166 prims, but after I take it to inventory and rezz it back up, lots of prims are missing.
TIA!
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Dnel DaSilva
Master Xessorizer
Join date: 22 May 2005
Posts: 781
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03-09-2007 10:09
From: Sue Saintlouis Is there a maximum number of prims that can be linked? I have a build that is 166 prims. Even though I select all of them, then link, and they are all highlighted, some of them don't get linked. It says 1 object, 166 prims, but after I take it to inventory and rezz it back up, lots of prims are missing.
TIA! Limit is 255 prim.
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Ceera Murakami
Texture Artist / Builder
Join date: 9 Sep 2005
Posts: 7,750
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03-09-2007 11:54
Your problem most likely is related to linking distances. Builds containing smaller prims are particularly subject to this problem. For example, try linking three 0.5 M spheres that are 5 M apart from each other. The max distance between them is only 10 M, but they won't link, because there is also a limit based on the size of the prims... Andrew Linden Says:From: someone The simple approximate answer is: The maximum distance between the center of masses of the two primitives is the smaller of the two distances below:
(1) 32 meters
(2) three times the largest dimension of the largest primitive (plus 1 meter)
What this means is :
(A) very small objects can be a max of about 1 meter apart
(B) very large objects can be a max of 32 meters apart
(C) a 10x10x10 meter cube can be about 31 meters from a 0.01x0.01x0.01 cube Based on that, two objects 0.5M in dimension won't reliably link to each other if they are more than 2.5 Meters apart.
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Sue Saintlouis
Registered User
Join date: 8 Dec 2006
Posts: 420
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03-10-2007 09:41
Thank you both! I didn't realise that distance would be an issue. You nail the proverbial nail: this was a birthday table/display and had lots of small prims. The whole thing was 10 meters long. So, I had some tiny prims that were almost 10 meters apart. I'll know for his next birthday  ! |
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Deanna Trollop
BZ Enterprises
Join date: 30 Jan 2006
Posts: 671
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03-10-2007 10:10
I find linking to be something of a voodoo art. Sometimes you can get things to link successfully by selecting and linking individual prims into separate sub-assemblies, then linking the sub-assemblies together, where trying to select and link the whole thing in one go would fail.
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