SL has 3 island shapes to chose from, BUT!! If you check out their web page on the .raw files you will see this perfectly square one called *Flat Green*. I guess to them it’s boring but it fit my needs perfectly.
I uploaded the .raw file to the region, which usually takes a minute or two and is kind of cool to watch as it updates. It was too high for my needs, so out came the lawnmower/terra former again and I lowered it.
To do that you right click the land and a pie menu chart comes up. Pick Edit Terrain...
Now, you have another tool box that pops up. This has a rump load of buttons to you use. Don't be a skeerdy cat and try them out.
The Selection button is similar to the Selection button when you build to link things. Just Click the selection button and then click on the ground. That makes this nifty area to work with on the ground only.
Then you can choose one of the other radio buttons to do what ever you need after you lower or raise or smooth the land then click Apply to selection.
There is another button on the side that has a pull down arrow for Small Medium or Large areas to work with. I usually use the small button so I have more control.... I mean really how much control do you need to make a flat lot?
SL has, I guess, you can call levels or land heights measurements.
0-20 meters are below water levels to the water line, so if you have land with a Z value at 21.000 meters, it's one meter above the water line.
I think you can heighten all the way up to 255, which makes a pretty tall mountain.
I set the whole island with a Z of 22 so that means it's 2 WHOLE meters above the water line with lil ziggy zags and bumps at the sims edge with each 1/4 section having a *poolish* area and dock and rocks.
This time the land is all green with a hedge splitting it into 4 quarters and a common area in the middle with a bridge some swimming swans and sitting areas.
Flat and boring I know, but I plan on letting the renters do there own lawnmowing when they move in.
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