I wish LL would approach someone like Blizz or Cryptic and talk about porting to SL for bases and guildhalls in some way. Of course I don't mean you could use the same avvies, but to make some sort of official connection and allow the degree of customizability we have in SL.
Otherwise, even if Blizz implemented player customized forts, they'd be instanced and "cookie cutter" just as they are in EQ2 and City of Heros/City of VIllains. Getting access to the millions playing Wow and other mmos is not a bad idea. Just my hobbyhorse. If these things stay around for long, it is ineivtable this will happen. Might as well be the ones who get rich off it. ----- Original Message ---- From: Lawson English <lengli...@cox.net> To: "Frisby, Adam" <a...@deepthink.com.au> Cc: "sldev@lists.secondlife.com" <sldev@lists.secondlife.com> Sent: Mon, January 11, 2010 10:05:01 AM Subject: Re: [sldev] SL 2.0? Frisby, Adam wrote: > It's worth pointing out that outside tools are a lot better. > > If you add inworld texturing facilities - you are unlikely to get much better > than MSPaint. Proper texturing requires proper tools (ie, Adobe Photoshop) - > likewise mesh editing requires decent tools to be effective. Inworld mesh > editing is really a unnessecary feature; sure you can do it - but it's cart > before the horse if you don't add mesh support at all first. > There can be many levels of editing tool. The fact that id has gone to the expense to provide their professional level artists with relatively high-end in-world tools (even if they aren't as good as the "out-world" tools) suggests that they have found that there is a need for such tools to make things look "right." The fact that SL also involves collaboration/immersion as one of its main attractions makes it even more important. Even in MMORPG games, such tools might be of value. If WoW had the option to build a fort (perhaps using prefab boulders/bricks), as part of the game play in preparation for some PVP encounter or a quest, I'm pretty sure that you would find many people wanting to use them. Lawson _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
