Difference between revisions of "Altitude"
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Currently, there is not enough data for other parts of the map, but terraforming on private land is allowed for maximum 200 meters. Even more elevation can be obtained with the help of a Linden official. A very high mountain will require a whole sim and from the top of a very high peak you cannot see too far away. So, it is more likely that there are no other peaks higher then 200 meters. | |||
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Revision as of 13:04, 24 November 2013
Altitude is the third value used for Coordinates. Since in many sims world extands up to over 5000 meters, a special article about altitude was required.
Overall
All sims have the same altitude coordinates. There is no sim placed up or down. The main differences are the ground elevation, water level and maximum altitude limit.
Borders
The lowest altitude is zero, by default. There is no altitude below it. Also, there is no way an avatar can exist below ground level. Objects can sometimes be pushed below ground, but never below zero altitude.
Highest border is defined more different. For building, usually the border is set to 4096 meters, both for mainland and private-owned sims. There are a lot of exceptions. For example, at the Premium Continents, building limit is set much lower, so skyboxes are not allowed. For flying, maximum altitude is a bit over 5000 meters. The maximum limit for flying is not the same. In places where ground altitude is higher, fly limit is higher, but with less then the maximum ground altitude. There are a few sim (in Bay City and not only) where fly limit is set to a lower value and sims where flying is not allowed.
Water is set to a specific height for an entire sim. There are sims where water altitude is set to zero or where it is set to a high value. Sea level is set to 12...19 meters.
Skyboxes
A skybox is a building at high altitude, invisible from ground. At even higher altitudes, ground is no longer visible. In many places, this means that we have multiple worlds: one on the ground that is most easy to be seen and many other paralel layers at different altitudes, more difficult to be seen.
Building in skyboxes has some major advantages. First of all, it gives an extra intimacy. In moderate sims, sex is allowed only behind closed doors, never in public, so a skybox is the best place for such activities. A second advantage is that skyboxes are not disturbed by high-lag processes on ground. So, if you move to a skybox 1000 meters above ground, the simulator will no longer need to load to your computer data about ground objects. A third advantage is that that the chance for an unwanted visitor to enter a skybox is a lot lower then on ground.
There is a tendince to build skyboxes on certain altitudes (like 1000, 2000 or 4096 meters). To find more intimacy, build your skybox at an altitude that is not round, for example 3375 meters.
Ground altitude
This feature is very important for every Geography project. Every sim has a ground and that ground has a specific altitude. In the following images, there are altitude maps for all continents. The only exception is Shopping Continent where altitude is the same for all sims (about 30 meters):
Eden Continent
Altitude records
These are the maximum heights for each continent, in meters:
- Heterocera - 389
- Sharp Continent - 350
- Sansara - 315
- Gaeta 5 - 168
- Nautilus - 160...180
- Corsica - 163
- Jeogeot - 160
- Premium East - 156
- Premium South 2 - 156
- Premium South 3 - 156
- Uhre Continent - over 130
- Irish - Bonaire - 135 (?)
- Satori - 128
- Zindra - 100 - 120
- Gaeta 1 - 100
- Estate Continent - 94
- Eden - 81
- Wild West - 79
- Europe Continent - 66
- Premium South 1 - 60
- Caledon - Winterfel - 50...60
- Blake Sea - 40...60
- IGBC Continent - 40...60
- Fairchang - 20...40
- Shopping Continent - 34
Currently, there is not enough data for other parts of the map, but terraforming on private land is allowed for maximum 200 meters. Even more elevation can be obtained with the help of a Linden official. A very high mountain will require a whole sim and from the top of a very high peak you cannot see too far away. So, it is more likely that there are no other peaks higher then 200 meters.