Sim Surround Archipelago 1 - Landscapes Unlimited Versão 4.2

Some characteristics of the sim surround landscapes

- The surrounds are 1000x1000 m in size. A sim is 256x256 m, so they cover almost 16 sims (4x4 sims).

- You can change the textures of the surrounds by means of a menu. You can select more than 30 pre-defined textures and even use your own to match the sim ground. You get instructions in a notecard.

- Most surrounds are just one object that consists of 17 prims. Beaches are also 1 object, 17 prims; ocean waves 1 object, 9 prims; reefs 1 object, 2 prims.

- Some surrounds, like the deserts, cover the sim itself too. There are a few ways you can use these landscapes:

1. Raise your sim land level (by terraforming) to a level above the surround. That way you can have a waterless sim, surrounded by an impressive landscape.

2. You can tilt the landscape a few degrees so that on one side of the sim you have water and on the other side you have land.

3. You can lower the landscape altogether. That way the part that covers the sim plus the area directly around it will become water. You then have a sim surrounded by a strip of water, with the off-sim mountains/dunes further away.

- The surrounds are big. Yet they cannot be seen from other islands that are not next to your island, even though on the world map you can see other islands close to yours. It will not bother neighbouring islands EXCEPT if these neighbouring islands are directly attached to yours'.

- You need to be a sim owner or manager to use the surrounds. Consult the owner or manager if you want your island to be surrounded by one of the landscapes.

Lag?
For your viewer the landscapes are a set of sculpted prims with textures. Technically speaking there is not much difference from, for example, a detailed set of furniture. The textures do not contain an alpha channel and are not animated, except for the wave textures. We don't use particle systems. The landscapes take some time to load, but after that they cause no significant lag.

You can see all sim surround landscapes on our sim: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Landscapes%20Unlimited/128/127/70. You can also buy demos there.

Keywords: sim surrounds, sim surroundings, panoramic environments, off-sim landscapes, off-grid elements, offgrid, out-sim