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Builder's Skybox 2.0 Version 2.0

Builder's Skybox 2.0
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Builder's Skybox allows you to create a private work space within seconds. Simply place the tool on the ground, click it, then select a height to teleport to, and the skybox size, then the skybox will be assembled within a second or two. You'll instantly have somewhere to work whenever you need it.

You'll be surrounded by a high precision grid which is snapped to the world axis. You can customize the interior in several ways and the options will be saved and automatically applied the next time you use the tool. When you're finished simply click the tool - the skybox will be removed and you'll be returned to ground.

MAIN FEATURES

* Teleports you up to 750m into the sky and pieces together a large 30 meter work space around you in under 3 seconds.
* Removes the skybox and returns you to ground just as easily.
* 100% menu-driven with full context help and two-way navigation.
* Perfect for building in privacy.
* High precision textures with measurement and axis markers. Native white, blue, black and transparent texture options with grid on/off and markings on/off options.
* Select from small skybox, large skybox and platform.
* Options persist. A skybox is constructed using settings from the previous session.
* Automatic options. Have various skyboxes in your inventory for different purposes, and rez any without having to customize via the menu every time. Simply place the tool on the ground, click it, and you'll be immediately teleported to the pre-selected height and the prefered skybox/platform created, and wall/floor textures automatically reapplied, all without any menu-interaction.
* Seamless panels. All the hidden faces of adjoining panels are coloured based on the interior wall textures and grid options.
* Menu options to brighten walls and remove grid lines/markings. Great for a photo studio.
* Low lag. Five scripts handle all the customization of the large skybox for the 42 prims/5 objects involved, or a single script for the small skybox/platform.
* Avoid other sky structures. The "Panorama" menu option rotates you around 360 degrees before you decide to assemble at a given height.

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WHATS NEW in v2.0

* NEW: Complete rewrite from the ground-up.
* NEW: New menu system with context help and two-way navigation.
* NEW: Option of two skybox sizes: 30 x 30 x 20m (42 prims, 5 objects) and 20 x 20 x 10m (16 prims, 1 object).
* NEW: More optimized using the latest techniques. Uses a tenth the total number of scripts (less server-side lag).
* NEW: Much higher precision custom textures are used and includes measurement and grid axis markers plus radial markers. All the textures now come in native white, black, blue and transparent to suit your mood, each with two grid modes (markings on/off, and grid on/off).
* NEW: Seamless panels. When you change wall/floor colour or turn the grid on/off, the faces between the panels are all coloured to help the inside walls blend together. Very handy if you use it for a photo studio. This is also effective when you change the colour option to Transparent, especially if you have the grid turned off - Unlike version 1 the skybox will appear invisible from inside with zero artifacts.
* NEW: Settings are now saved. You can take a copy of the rezzer box to your inventory at any time. The next time you create a skybox it'll restore the colours/grid/texture/brightness settings. The settings are stored in the object name so you can see them at a glance in your inventory list.
* NEW: Automated options. You can now teleport to a predetermined height, or create a skybox/platform without having to select from the menu every time. When enabled, simply place the rezzer box on the ground and click it. You'll be teleported into the sky, the skybox will be assembled, and pre-selected wall/floor textures will be applied, all in about a second! Very handy for optimizing your workflow with zero hassle.
* NEW: The whole skybox now snaps to grid co-ordinates, so the grid overlays perfectly on each axis. Ideal for higher precision building when working by numbers.
* NEW: Reconstructed to help prevent panels getting stuck or auto-returned on neighbouring parcels of land. The 30 x 30m box effectively occupies just 20 x 20m of area for its root prims now.
* NEW: The rezzer box automatically returns to ground (and informs you) if left in the sky by mistake - though only when the skybox hasnt been created obviously. Plus lots of other tweaks.

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full star full star full star full star full star Posted March 12, 2008 by Arkina Arai

Greta stuff very usfull for builders i stronmgly recomanded it

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full star full star full star full star full star Posted December 17, 2007 by Seindrache Gisaku

For the price of this, and for those who do a lot of building and are perfectionists so they need a grid this is perfect for them, I personally think this Skybox is worth every lin.
It has simple and effective fast acting scripts built into it.

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