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juro · 09-25-2009, 04:18 PM

u think they'd look good in a mediterranean-themed sim covering the hills?

Miriel Enfield · 09-26-2009, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by juro

u think they'd look good in a mediterranean-themed sim covering the hills?

They're meant to be beeches, and the reference images I used seemed to come from farther north. So... probably not.

Ben Hoark · 09-26-2009, 06:48 AM

I'd love to see these inworld. Any chance of an SLURL?

**Humps** · 09-26-2009, 07:55 AM

Amazingly beautiful Miriel. Pleeeeeeeease release them soon. Pleeeeeeeeeease. I'll be good forever I promise

**Katelynne Shippe** · 09-26-2009, 08:02 AM

They aren't for sale yet?

Khamon · 09-26-2009, 09:30 AM

Those are lovely Mirel. Please let me know when they're available.

Miriel Enfield · 09-26-2009, 03:03 PM

They need a bit of work still. I need to rerender the winter branches because they came out too thin the first time (ugh), and add some scripting.

I'd also planned to do some other kinds of beeches (one of which is sort of done and one of which isn't), but I guess I can just release these on Xstreet when they're done.

Sorry, Ben, no SLURL. I had them rezzed on my sim for the picture, and then I took them down. If you catch me online, I can invite you over and rerez them, though.

Khamon · 09-26-2009, 08:02 PM

Too thin is always bad for branches. They tend to vanish at any distance. Always default, as in everything Second Life, to a bit larger than expected.

Penny Patton · 09-27-2009, 05:21 AM

Been meaning to pick up some prim trees, trying to find trees as low prim as possible while still looking nice. Might have to wait until these are ready. ^^

juro · 09-27-2009, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miriel Enfield

They're meant to be beeches, and the reference images I used seemed to come from farther north. So... probably not.

Damn. It's difficult finding good, quality Mediterranean trees.

Khamon · 09-27-2009, 02:22 PM

What are Mediterranean trees?

Rema Quandry · 09-27-2009, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Khamon

What are Mediterranean trees?

Some Mediterranean (think Italy, Greece, North Africa) trees are:

Beech
Chestnut
Laurel
Olive
Italian Maple
Oak
Fig Tree

-- Rema

juro · 09-28-2009, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Khamon

What are Mediterranean trees?

Slim, fashionable trees frequently seen zipping around on Vespa's spouting "Ciao" to pedestrians.

Khamon · 09-28-2009, 02:32 PM

wood

Miriel Enfield · 09-29-2009, 07:43 AM

Sorry, juro. It's something I may look to do later, but no guarantees. :/

In more general news, I've put together some excellent scripts to have the trees drop leaves. They really do look like leaves when they fall. I need to look up how to do SL machinima (shudder) so I can take a video, because I think they're beautiful and just saying "they look nice" doesn't really do them justice. Siyu's seen them; she'll vouch for me.

They use physics (which is why they look like actual leaves), but I've tried to keep their impact as light as possible. They're phantom, temp on rez, and scripted to die after contact with the ground or 30 seconds, whichever comes first. I filled my sim with 350+ of these things, all dropping leaves every few seconds, and they took up a bit over 2 ms of sim time. That's... not terrible, I think? Particularly for something that filled nearly half my sim. Not great, but not terrible; it won't kill an otherwise healthy sim. As a safeguard, I scripted the leaves to stop if the time dilation gets too bad. And I used a goto statement. Oh noes!

I also added some code so people could customize the leaf drop frequency.

Khamon · 09-29-2009, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miriel

As a safeguard, I scripted the leaves to stop if the time dilation gets too bad...I also added some code so people could customize the leaf drop frequency.

These are very good ideas.

nadir · 09-30-2009, 07:37 PM

not sure if already suggested, but dead trees would be excellent!

Penny Patton · 10-16-2009, 03:12 AM

Managed to free up even more space. Looking forward to using them for even more trees. Will they come with shadow prims?

Miriel Enfield · 10-16-2009, 03:29 AM

Gah, sorry, this fell by the wayside.

Yeah, they will. Those aren't done yet, though.

Lordfly Digeridoo · 10-16-2009, 12:24 PM

As a necropost side-comment, I can't get that tree generation program to do anything but make horrible mutant cybertrees. Nothing looks good at all.

Miriel Enfield · 10-16-2009, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Lordfly Digeridoo

As a necropost side-comment, I can't get that tree generation program to do anything but make horrible mutant cybertrees. Nothing looks good at all.

You have to import them into a 3D program, texture them, and render them. It'll give you the tree geometry -- or branch geometry, if you're just making those -- and that's it.

Lo Jacobs · 10-16-2009, 08:37 PM

This is a lovely project, Miriel, I hope you are able to finish it eventually, for purely selfish reasons.

09-25-2009, 04:18 PM	#101 (permalink)
juro Senior Member Sdit Etatus Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 265 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 2	u think they'd look good in a mediterranean-themed sim covering the hills? __________________

09-26-2009, 07:55 AM	#104 (permalink)
Humps Senior Member SLU Supporter I refuse to edit my status Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 2,352 My Mood: SL Join Date: 19th May 2006 Business: Fab Pads! XBOX Leaderboard: 31^st Awards: 1	Amazingly beautiful Miriel. Pleeeeeeeease release them soon. Pleeeeeeeeeease. I'll be good forever I promise __________________ "The Other Blog!"

09-26-2009, 08:02 AM	#105 (permalink)
Katelynne Shippe Shockable SLU Supporter Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,140 My Mood: SL Join Date: July 2008	They aren't for sale yet? __________________ ●● Flickr

09-26-2009, 09:30 AM	#106 (permalink)
Khamon BUY TREES MOAR1 Iz a timeout Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 4,819 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 2 SL Join Date: November, 2003 Business: Fate Gardens Flowers and Trees	Those are lovely Mirel. Please let me know when they're available. __________________ But of bliss and glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their own record, and only when they are in peril or broken for ever do they pass into song. - Quenta Silmarillion Please Visit Our Gardens and Our Website

09-30-2009, 07:37 PM	#117 (permalink)
nadir role-player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: California Posts: 228 SL Join Date: 12/4/06 Business: ALTERSCAPE	not sure if already suggested, but dead trees would be excellent! __________________ ALTERSCAPE -- The immersive living experience in SL Urban, Industrial, Futuristic Land or Housing Available Crack Den \| Dead End \| Hitokai Island \| Shipyard

09-26-2009, 03:03 PM	#107 (permalink)
Miriel Enfield Senior Member Behold, the power of flopsy ears. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,469 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 3	They need a bit of work still. I need to rerender the winter branches because they came out too thin the first time (ugh), and add some scripting. I'd also planned to do some other kinds of beeches (one of which is sort of done and one of which isn't), but I guess I can just release these on Xstreet when they're done. Sorry, Ben, no SLURL. I had them rezzed on my sim for the picture, and then I took them down. If you catch me online, I can invite you over and rerez them, though.

09-26-2009, 08:02 PM	#108 (permalink)
Khamon BUY TREES MOAR1 Iz a timeout Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 4,819 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 2 SL Join Date: November, 2003 Business: Fate Gardens Flowers and Trees	Too thin is always bad for branches. They tend to vanish at any distance. Always default, as in everything Second Life, to a bit larger than expected.

09-27-2009, 05:21 AM	#109 (permalink)
Penny Patton Moo. Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 617 My Mood: SL Join Date: 11/30/2005 Business: Happy Bivouac	Been meaning to pick up some prim trees, trying to find trees as low prim as possible while still looking nice. Might have to wait until these are ready. ^^

09-27-2009, 02:22 PM	#111 (permalink)
Khamon BUY TREES MOAR1 Iz a timeout Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 4,819 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 2 SL Join Date: November, 2003 Business: Fate Gardens Flowers and Trees	What are Mediterranean trees?

09-28-2009, 02:32 PM	#114 (permalink)
Khamon BUY TREES MOAR1 Iz a timeout Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 4,819 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 2 SL Join Date: November, 2003 Business: Fate Gardens Flowers and Trees	wood

09-29-2009, 07:43 AM	#115 (permalink)
Miriel Enfield Senior Member Behold, the power of flopsy ears. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,469 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 3	Sorry, juro. It's something I may look to do later, but no guarantees. :/ In more general news, I've put together some excellent scripts to have the trees drop leaves. They really do look like leaves when they fall. I need to look up how to do SL machinima (shudder) so I can take a video, because I think they're beautiful and just saying "they look nice" doesn't really do them justice. Siyu's seen them; she'll vouch for me. They use physics (which is why they look like actual leaves), but I've tried to keep their impact as light as possible. They're phantom, temp on rez, and scripted to die after contact with the ground or 30 seconds, whichever comes first. I filled my sim with 350+ of these things, all dropping leaves every few seconds, and they took up a bit over 2 ms of sim time. That's... not terrible, I think? Particularly for something that filled nearly half my sim. Not great, but not terrible; it won't kill an otherwise healthy sim. As a safeguard, I scripted the leaves to stop if the time dilation gets too bad. And I used a goto statement. Oh noes! I also added some code so people could customize the leaf drop frequency.

10-16-2009, 03:12 AM	#118 (permalink)
Penny Patton Moo. Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 617 My Mood: SL Join Date: 11/30/2005 Business: Happy Bivouac	Managed to free up even more space. Looking forward to using them for even more trees. Will they come with shadow prims?

10-16-2009, 03:29 AM	#119 (permalink)
Miriel Enfield Senior Member Behold, the power of flopsy ears. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,469 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 3	Gah, sorry, this fell by the wayside. Yeah, they will. Those aren't done yet, though.

10-16-2009, 12:24 PM	#120 (permalink)
Lordfly Digeridoo Grid.Living Buy my prefabs! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,323 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 5 SL Join Date: 7/21/2003 Business: Grid.Living XBOX Leaderboard: 18^th Awards: 1	As a necropost side-comment, I can't get that tree generation program to do anything but make horrible mutant cybertrees. Nothing looks good at all. __________________ http://www.lordfly.com/

10-16-2009, 08:37 PM	#122 (permalink)
Lo Jacobs Kitten Fuzz Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,548 SL Join Date: May 2004 Business: Church of Luxe Blog Entries: 17 Awards: 1	This is a lovely project, Miriel, I hope you are able to finish it eventually, for purely selfish reasons. __________________ MY STORE//MY BLOG//FLICKR//EMAIL

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