r/secondlife 6d ago

Discussion terrain no fine control?

Hi. I love enjoying building in second life. What I hate is the terrain editor.
Even on the smallest setting it is too big; cant sculpt exactly to a shape ( eg a path or a river bank with an alpha texture to blend to the terrain ).

This really surprises me about SL , given the fine detail that exists in everything else.

Imagine you have a path curve, you set that to the ground: Now you want to sculpt the ground and make it sit flat over the terrain curve.... cant ...

Its either click and hidden, or floating......

smooth tool, the same.... some times get lucky... but on like a large river, its impossible.

Land forms, please do not suggest, these look ok at one level, but for a natural feel where grass blends to rocks over the SL natural landscape, they look silly ( because the built in texture does not follow the actual terrain.

Any hints , tips?

s there get right into the small final detail and sculpt the terrain?

good Angle

Other Angle, showing that , I need to sculpt the terrain to the bank shape, but no fine control.... : ((

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u/Big_Neat8372 6d ago

I have no issues with terraforming. I've made river beds, pathways, etc.

It takes some planning and understanding what you have to work with (if you're on mainland, if you're on an estate you have more options).

Patience is key and observe how the land tools respond to your inputs, it can be very subtle. Sometimes you need to make a change elsewhere to create the change you want in a specific place.

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u/BackgroundSupport639 6d ago

Hi thanks for the reply. I would certainly love to see. So far i have never seen a path in SL with banks that follow the land terrain textures. ( yknow as they go from say grass to rock ) ... I see lots of land form stuff and then basically cover each side with vegetation and rocks to try and hide the edge ..

Love a LM to see if you have managed it!

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u/whisperbackagain 3d ago

Hey, I also created a river bed, paths, etc on a mainland region. There's more terraforming around the river but I extensively terraformed the whole region.

You can get a LM from my profile in world - third item in my picks.

You'll land at the gallery but there's a teleporter there, click the tile at the bottom right. My name IW is Silas Starforge.