Comments on: Adv: Szym & Lusch Motors: Rejuvenating the Second Life Automobile

By: Archie Lukas

Archie Lukas — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:52:15 +0000

It still remains a
tool for posers to pose

By: Road

Road — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:46:18 +0000

The problem with that idea is completely barren sims don’t make cash for LL. They can’t sell the land and they have to pay maintainence and such to keep it up. There’s no incentive for them to do what you are suggesting at all.

Even the small roads on the mainland are holes in their pockets. I have not seen many if any roads on the new continents and I think it is because of this very reason. They’d rather a whole sim be auctioned than leave a little side for roads and lose a few bucks.

By: Razrcut Brooks

Razrcut Brooks — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:04:55 +0000

@ Corona : There IS a huge badland area where one rezzes their vehicles in a small area. It is a multi-sim desert. IM me in-world for the LM. However, the sim crossing problem still exists and the boring scenery gets old quick…desert.

By: Will Szymborska

Will Szymborska — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:35:24 +0000

Yes, sadly SL is so limited. The size of sims, and sim crossings are horrible. I have faith that if Havok4 is tweaked enough, and if Mono becomes a reality, it shouldn’t be as bad as it is currently. Sim crossings are the biggie. Flying is almost impossible. I wish SL could make it so a certain pocket of airspace in sl was un-buildable, and nothing could hold you back from crossing other peoples land.

By: Kahni

Kahni — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:55:40 +0000

If they rolled out a few “badlands” sims (huge, no-build except where you rez your vehicle at the entrance) and could just drive around in a MONSTER sized sim? I’d be there all the time. Even totally empty sims are too small to enjoy vehicles well. I’d gladly go somehwere 4-16 times the size, and not be able to build, so I could drive around like a nut for a while. I could see racing leagues opening up quite easily.

Maybe this is something that would be workable with the Havok update.

My landlord has a test sim running Havok, and it’s neat. Vehicle landings still aren’t working right, but she showed me this trick with a chain she’d built, and I just was blown away. I can’t wait for Havok. But again, vehicles don’t land properly yet. it could be shaky for a while, but it’ll be cool.

And I’d love to see racing leagues in SL. Big ones, with cool, custom, hot cars. Dale Earnheardt or Speed Racer? You be the judge!

By: Corona

Corona — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:03:57 +0000

it must surely be possible for LL to create sims that are sea/water only – eg – no build possible

that at least would allow watercraft and ships to sail between islands

By: sL back patch biker

sL back patch biker — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:57:26 +0000

Rock highlights one of the biggest problems with having a vehicle in SL
the lack of roads

it is not just the security that is a problem

there are several others

1) – soft spots in roads – ie phantom prims which when you drive over them – drop you on to the ground below ( which can be quite a fall if the road is elevated

2) road rezzing speeds – axiomatic

3) full servers in sims – it is fairly common to be riding along and suddenly stop dead like hitting an invisible solid wall – because the server you have hit is full

4) sims where you cant rez objects – axiomatic

what is needed is for LL to set up some portions of SL to be roads that run between sims

althouh this would still not solve the problem of ‘full sim’

By: Just Me

Just Me — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:37:24 +0000

I agree … I’d buy one if I could actually use it somewhere other than a sandbox.

At this point, I’ve totally stopped using my Cubey Terra hot air balloon, which was my favorite form of transportation in SL. It’s so nice to just float along at 80 meters or so, looking at all the great builds and inventive use of that basic prim they had to start with. But now, over and over, I’ll hit a barrier that doesn’t allow the balloon to enter. Or, the ballon will enter but I get “wiped off” the seat and end on the ground while the balloon quietly sails away.

What’s the use of having vehicles, no matter how nice they are, if you can’t actually use them for transportation?

By: Mailey Destiny

Mailey Destiny — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:49:50 +0000

Sweet niblets, I love my new limo! Everyone has to go to this spot! They are just the right price, and prefect quality!

By: Robin Coalcliff (teen grid)

Robin Coalcliff (teen grid) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:36:49 +0000

haha, nice going Will, save one of those land rovers for me when I go MG! Good picture with you and owen and then the bodyguard in the background… still got my version of the “Will and personal security staff” photo.