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Re: Building Restiction Box needed (Wishlist)
Re: Building Restiction Box needed // WishlistgroverSep 23, 1998, 7:25pm
In one world, I experimented by shrinking everything by 1/4. Worked pretty well, except
that now 1 click=2m... made building a PITA for tight things ;-) But if you want to get a childs-eye-view, try wearing birde :-) grover [View Quote] > I'm surprised that no one has suggested lowering the 'view point' by 1/2 or even > 2/3s... It's a given that a 'babies' view of the world is it's much larger then it is > for a grownup... AND if there were no 'grownup Avatars' to contradict this viewpoint > then infact one's world would be expanded (would it not)... > > Has anyone played around with lowering the level at which we see... (I know it was done > by COF (Worlds?) at least once)... Obviously a smaller Avatar would be needed too or > we'd be doing 'The Land of the Giants'. (which is another idea... two or three complete > sets/sizes of avatars... (I read a book once where a complete Universe was housed in a > box... think of the possibilities (how small could an Avatar be and still 'work' as > they do now...)). Now wee Susie can actually have her very own anatomically correct > (Avatar) doll...). Then start reworking the objects to 1/2 size. altho' most building > blocks could(?) remain the same... only the personal items and 'living things' would > have to be redone... (chairs, beer mugs, toilets, trees, bushes etc) > > Of course it could be just as interesting 'lifting' the viewpoint to one where only one > building would fill the whole world... BUT with custom objects what a building it could > be... > > Anyway... As I'v still not been able to find the time to work on my world I thot' I'd > throw these ideas into the hat... There may actually be something that would prohibit > doing this... (aside from COF's predetermined default (it has to be 'something')) but > it may be interesting to play around with (assuming one has this option as a world > owner... if not maybe it could be on the Wish List... instead of buying a larger world > one could opt for smaller Avatars...) > [View Quote] |