[Opensim-users] How to get rid of the water in the sim period.

[Dr Scofield]

On 01/22/2010 08:33 AM, Len Brown wrote:
> The problem is all that water in the far distance - that you cannot
> control.  The area _outside_ of the region itself.  As Justin said
> yesterday it's controlled by the viewer and not the server so it's a bit
> more tricky to figure out how (or if) it can be hidden.

but a megaprim covering your region is not really going to help then, stefan's
2500m terrain seems more like the ticket, i guess.

	dirk


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> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Dr Scofield <DrScofield at xyzzyxyzzy.net
> <mailto:DrScofield at xyzzyxyzzy.net>> wrote:
> 
>     hmm... i must be missing something here: why not raise the terrain
>     to just above
>     the water line? (along the lines stefan wrote?).
> 
>            cheers,
>            dirk
> 
> 
>     On 01/22/2010 03:50 AM, Jane Foxclaw wrote:
>     > hmm i'll give that a try.  i just hope that my texture I put in
>     there is
>     > decent enough for it, since the max texture size you can have is
>     > 1024x1024..  lots of limitations i'm having to overcome here..  uhggg
>     >
>     > Sonya
>     >
>     > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:44 PM, dz <dz at bitzend.net
>     <mailto:dz at bitzend.net>
>     > <mailto:dz at bitzend.net <mailto:dz at bitzend.net>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     A technique we have found useful is a seriously large textured
>     >     prim.  You can paint grass/hills/whatever  on a prim...
>      stretch it
>     >     to the max size set in the ini  and  "bury it  in the terrain
>     >     somewhere above the  artificial water line....  it will extend off
>     >     to the horizon very well, and  with proper texturing  , can look
>     >     VERY natural.
>     >
>     >     D
>     >
>     >
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