Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Ultimate Destinations - Dawn of Radiance, Lost Forest

Dawn of Radiance, Lost Forest is a beautiful region in Second Life.

"The dawn has come
And the wine will run
And the song must be sung
And the flowers are melting
In the sun".

This region is really well built, and full of hidden places to explore. The animated horses created by Dean Mclean are really well made and look amazing! The buildings by Marcus Inkpen are great, and very rustic. They create a main focal point, and add perfectly to the environment. The cute gazebo made by Precious Restless, and the cakes made by iBi, add a touch of Summer fun.

With cosy hidden spots, beautiful waterfalls, picturesque scenery, romantic picnics, and even cakes, this region is well worth a visit, and a perfect place to hang out with friends on a lazy Summers day.

You can visit this region here http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lost%20Forest/37/51/21

Sunday, 22 September 2013

Second Life - Texture Sizes

Have you ever teleported to a region in Second Life, only to find that everything is grey, and you have to stand there for 30 minutes waiting for everything to rez? Have you found that even once everything has rezzed and you start to move around, it's like walking through glue? Are you loosing customers/traffic because they don't want to wait around for everything to rez?

Well here are some pointers on optimizing your textures to avoid all of this, resulting in a fast loading more pleasant experience.

All textures are made up out of Pixels, tiny little squares that together make up all the colours and patterns in a texture. In general, textures for games are sized up by the power of 2 (2 pixels or tiny squares).

512 by 512 is the biggest texture size you should really use in Second Life for optimal performance. Very rarely should a 1024 by 1024 be used, unless you're mapping a texture on a very large area. As a general rule, the smaller the surface size the smaller the texture size should be. If you put a small texture on a surface and it looks pixelated, then you need to go a size higher.

Large textures take up lots of memory. Using the correct texture sizes on your builds, creates a fast loading and more pleasurable environment for everyone without reducing the quality of the textures, pictures or photos seen.

You can re-size textures to the correct size needed, in graphics editing programs, such as Photoshop or Gimp.

Game Textures - Diamante Quilted Fabrics

Diamante Quilted Fabrics

22 Luxurious, quilted, sparkly, diamante, fabrics in various colors. Seamless and high quality.

Perfect for sofas, wall panels, clothing fabric, or anywhere you want to add that touch of glamour!

This texture set includes Normal and Specular materials, as well as each texture as 1024 by 1024 and 512 by 512, making a total of 44 textures included in this pack!

These textures are available for purchase at the Total Bliss Store

Friday, 5 July 2013

Game Textures - Animal Furs

Animal Print Furs

25 high quality, seamless, animal fur print textures. Plush fur textures.

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Game Textures - Meadow terrain.

Meadow Grass Terrain Texture Set

18 Meadow Grass, seamless, high quality, full perm textures. Hand painted in Photoshop CS6, these highly detailed textures are all 1024 by 1024, and include plain grass, flowered grass and grass with stones, in different variations. When combined in the different terrain texture levels you can create your very own unique look for your region!

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