[Opensim-users] Terraforming in OpenSim - State of Development

[trucker.anthony at 3rdrockgrid.com]

type in the opensim.exe console 

change region (region name)


then type

terrain fill 21



that bring the land completely flat and touching at borders you can also
type 'help' in the console to get a list of commands and 'terrain help' for
a list of terrain commands is way easier than using L3DT for that specific
task.
TA




On Wed, 27 May 2009 13:46:05 -0500, Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lúthien,
> 
>      Thank you for your response!  I appreciate the information and I'll
> give that a try for the time being.  It's always a good idea to try new
> tools.  As the old saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention...
> 
> - Len W. Brown
> 
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Lúthien Athariel <
> luthien.athariel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> hi Len,
>>
>> I have been having some problems there too - mostly near the seams where
>> regions meet. I've understood that the terraforming tools have a bit of
a
>> problem dealing with those - and I discovered that a good way to get
flat
>> land is to first select an area, choose "flatten land", and click the
>> "Apply
>> to Selection" (or whatever the exact name is) button a couple of times
..
>> that usually works fine.
>>
>> For larger and more complex edits, the terraforming tools are not too
wel
>> suited in my opinion. What I do is to export the terrain file(s) as a
>> .R32
>> file: if you install the terrain-tools there is a very convenient tool
>> that
>> lets you export either the whole thing, or a subset of regions. You can
>> then
>> edit them in (the free version of) L3DT: import as height map, and use
>> the
>> 3D terrain editor in there. You have to enter the total X and Y pixels
>> for
>> your terrain (256 per region) and a value for the height (I use 1.5,
>> which
>> comes down to approximately the same visual size as it renders in
>> opensim) -
>> although that height setting is only important for the rendering in L3DT
>> itself.
>>
>> Within L3DT there is a number of interesting terraforming tools like
>> avalanches (which creates a very realistic erosion effect), cliffs, a
>> bulldozer with which you can create things like rivers, canals or dykes,
>> several smoothing options etcetera. Export the height map again as a
.R32
>> file, and import again in opensim with the terrain-tools function.
>> The finer details that L3DT produces, however, seem not to render in
>> OpenSim - probably because the terrain is not resolved to that level of
>> detail. But some sculpted prim - built boulders and rocks can take care
>> of
>> that.
>>
>> It works pretty good, I have used this route a lot.
>>
>> BTW - L3DT is windows only - but I found that it works like a charm
under
>> Crossover in OSX (and thus, probably in linux as well)
>>
>> - luthien
>>
>> 2009/5/27 Len Brown <lenwbrown at gmail.com>
>>
>>>  Hello everyone,
>>>
>>>      I hope my question is in the right place...  I have been on SL for
>>>      a
>>> few years now and am very comfortable with building and terraforming. 
>>> I'm
>>> just wondering what the state of development is with terraforming in
>>> OpenSim.
>>>
>>>      I know that in SL when I use the "flatten" preference, the land
>>> beneath my mouse flattens perfectly regardless of where I move the
mouse
>>> unless the land is baked along an incline.
>>>
>>>      In OpenSim the flatten command is very loose, and there is no way
>>>      to
>>> get perfectly flat land aside from entering "terrain fill 21" or such
to
>>> flatten the entire region.
>>>
>>>      I've been hoping there would be some improvement in the
>>>      terraforming
>>> tools over the last few revisions but they seem to have remained
>>> stagnant.
>>>
>>>      Otherwise I have been very happily running 25 regions on my home
>>> server for the last few months and have really been pleased with all
the
>>> other improvements that have come along.
>>>
>>> Thanks for input!
>>>
>>> - Len W. Brown
>>>
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