Solid Sky Landscape Kingdom of Islands [6.0] Version 6.0

Solid sky landscapes are perfect for easily creating an additional level high above ground level, with a naturally shaped solid surface that looks like regular sim land and allows for any build or activity you could think of. You can use them on full sims and homesteads. They're perfect for a private retreat, a role play level, a place for a friend or a business in the sky. Rezzing and positioning your landscape is easy, in a few clicks you can have your complete landscape installed. Watch here how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogYvyjTNpbU

The land impact of this landscape is 156. The mesh part is 60, the sculpted surround is 36, and the off-sim trees are 60.

Solid sky landscapes consist of two parts: a solid mesh part within and a sculpted mega prim part outside the sim borders.

The mesh on-sim part
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- The solid mesh part within the boundaries of the region is made of 16 meshes that fit together without gaps or seams. These meshes all have baked textures with normal maps to emphasize the terrain shapes.
- All meshes are solid and can be walked/built on to allow for lots of flexibility without the need of problematic "invisiprims". You can, for example, walk into the water. They do not obstruct sitting animations.
- The meshes along the borders of the sim have vertical walls to prevent you from falling through the mesh surface. Without these walls you would fall through, even if the meshes themselves would extend exactly to the sim borders or even beyond. The meshes have to be in the right position to work well. If they are placed, for example, one meter away from their "sweet spot" you would fall through the surface when close to the sim border. A rez box will help you to position them correctly.
- Big meshes like these generally have a high land impact. These meshes however have been meticulously cleaned to bring down land impact.
- The meshes almost seamlessly merge with the sculpted surrounding landscape. It is positioned slightly above it to prevent parts of the surround from poking through.

The sculpted surrounding off-sim part
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- The surrounding part going outside the region borders is made of 16 sculpted mega prims. They also have baked textures with normal maps to emphasize topography. The textures CANNOT BE CHANGED: not by HUD and not by editing them..
- The surrounding landscape and trees do not obstruct any siting animations.
- This surrounding landscapes also has a matching tree part. It can be removed when needed. The tree part can be connected to a HUD (part of the package, many of you are familiar with the HUD) to switch to another tree type. The surrounding landscape itself, however, cannot be connected to a HUD, and the textures cannot be changed.
- The water textures contain animated normal maps, which means you will see reflective moving wave ripples if you enable the Advanced Lighting Model in your viewer. Together with baked under water textures this gives quite a realistic picture.

In order to use this type of solid sky landscape you need to be have rez permission on the complete region. You cannot use it if you own, for example, half a region or a 1/4 region parcel, unless your land lord allows you to.