How to make a cave?

Hi there to all the builders,
Me...wannabe builder, wants to build a cave, well not a cave but an underground passthrough.., but I have no idea how. What Im trying now is make a mountain and then lower the land where I want the passthrough and then cover it with prims..
Am I on the right track? Ay tips? Hints? Help? Thanks

C

I would look for some scluptie prims to make the top of the tunnel more "mountain" like.

Sculptie caves look much better than non scultpie...

Yes, this is the right track. However, in addition to covering the ceiling with prims, you wil probably also want some prims on the walls. Stretched out land does not look very cavewall like.

There are also some tricks to make it dark, such as hanging dark, almost transparent, phantom drapes across the cave, but these can cause other problems with clicking on items.

hello cyberossa

visit avaria tor's sim and try to pick ideas there this is the larger cave i know in sl
search some inexpensives sculpties rocks on slx, thats could be a good beginning to begin your cave

Yes, you're on the right track.

Caves in SL are all open-topped pits or trenches in the terrain. You then cover at least the top, and usually also the sides and floor, with prims.

Phantom sculpties could make great cave roof and reasonable wall effects. I'd stick with regular prims for floors, as walking normally on non-phantom sculpties is somewhere between difficult and impossible, because the collisin box doesn't match the surface shaep of a sculpty. If you use phantom sculpties for walls, you'll still need normal prims inside the sculpty to act as a barrier.

Pretty much whatr your doing, if u need a few examples of some caverns I can send you them In game sometime with in the next few days....hopefully....rl work tends to control my SL time a tad to much lately.... >.> , send a message via in game if ya want them.

If you want to see a big cave in SL, look at Caribbean Escapes (150, 96, 6. Find the big waterfall that is just below that point, and there's a place on the right side of the first bend in the falls where you can enter what was originally caled Nohona caverns. I built those caves.

if i am not mistaken, i believe PixelLabs by Cel Edman (spelling??) has a cave sculptie kit. This guy makes some of the bext , cleanest sculpties i have ever seen....