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Oct 11, 2000, 11:56am

for a given location? That could be really cool....... just an
illusion, not control over the panorama of a world. It could make AW
free for more creativity, and could give world owners a way to put in
multiple themes in their worlds??? Waddaya Think?

Oct 11, 2000, 12:17pm

Hello, ingiebee

If I understand you correctly, Yep

With the a bot you could change the panorama from a sunrise threw to a
sunset to feel more realistic of a day passing by..

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Oct 11, 2000, 3:04pm

....which would be VERY inefficient considering the size of backdrops.

[View Quote] > Hello, ingiebee
>
> If I understand you correctly, Yep
>
> With the a bot you could change the panorama from a sunrise threw to a
> sunset to feel more realistic of a day passing by..
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Oct 11, 2000, 3:27pm

Which leads to one of the cool advantages of fog-you can go backgroundless

[View Quote] > ...which would be VERY inefficient considering the size of backdrops.
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Oct 11, 2000, 6:28pm

I think that ingiebee means if you go to different parts of the world, say if the world had a "south
pole" it would be a snowy background as opposed to the "equator" or GZ where it would be a sunny
background. This could be accomplished with a bot, but only if one person at a time were using it.

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Oct 12, 2000, 12:09am

Yes, I know of the Pana changer, or whatever it's called (no offense) I guess what I was trying to say
is to be able to change the background when people arrive at your plot of land in an open building world
or for changing the look of your world if you want to have different levels or something.

What do you mean by inefficient, Eep? You mean it would take up too much of your building
space/allowable?

Thanks, Ingie

Oct 12, 2000, 12:40pm

I believe he was referring more to memory usage because the Pana is not
a JPG and much bigger file, so more load time. But not sure if that what
saying he might have even more info... I also see it if you enter that world
a lot you only needs to load 1 time then AW cache should store it if setup
your AW cache to store files for future entrees to that world...

MB Commander


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Oct 12, 2000, 9:10pm

Think about it: having to download a, say, 50-100K image every 15 minutes (depending on how realistic you want the day-night light cycle to be) would get annoying. You're better off making a "skybox" ground object and having the world light source affect it normally (since light doesn't affect the backdrop).

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[View Quote] > Yes, I know of the Pana changer, or whatever it's called (no offense) I guess what I was trying to say
> is to be able to change the background when people arrive at your plot of land in an open building world
> or for changing the look of your world if you want to have different levels or something.
>
> What do you mean by inefficient, Eep? You mean it would take up too much of your building
> space/allowable?

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Oct 12, 2000, 11:34pm

Sorry cutie, but I don't get a "Twit" for that? LOL (just kidding, I don't think I'd like it if you called me a Twit)

Wow, what do you mean "skybox"? Would that be like a sky dome? Do you know of anyone who's done that? I'd love to hear more... please, thanks so much!! Love Ingie

[View Quote] > Think about it: having to download a, say, 50-100K image every 15 minutes (depending on how realistic you want the day-night light cycle to be) would get annoying. You're better off making a "skybox" ground object and having the world light source affect it normally (since light doesn't affect the backdrop).
>
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Oct 13, 2000, 11:09am

Yep, skyboxes are like skydomes. They're just an extra cube-ish "object" added to your ground (where you would add a dome with a
skydome). That's how some worlds are able to add animated clouds :)

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Oct 13, 2000, 12:15pm

Next question is there an area to download a free skybox and what world size
is it made for...

MB Commander



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Oct 13, 2000, 12:29pm

Which world uses this? that would be so cool to see :o) Thanks, Ingie

[View Quote] > Yep, skyboxes are like skydomes. They're just an extra cube-ish "object" added to your ground (where you would add a dome with a
> skydome). That's how some worlds are able to add animated clouds :)
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> -Agent1
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Oct 13, 2000, 3:15pm

Just take your regular ground object, and copy the regular ground "plane". Add a bit to the Y value and then fiddle with that new
plane.

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Oct 13, 2000, 4:55pm

That isn't a skyBOX, but simply 2 planes (ground + cloud). A BOX has 6 sides.

[View Quote] > Just take your regular ground object, and copy the regular ground "plane". Add a bit to the Y value and then fiddle with that new
> plane.
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