80 skies - that's how many WindLight presets I've made

Posted on: August 2, 2007

It's amazing what you get out of doing a little bit each day. "Chipping away at it", as they say. That's exactly what happened when I looked at my long dropdown menu of WindLight sky settings, and saw no less than 80 (there were a few others I wasn't quite satisfied with, and scrapped them). Holy moly!

All of these have been used in past snapshots I've posted. Look closely and you may recognize a few — that's right, you're getting veritable, bona fide Torley goodness as channeled through my passion for our new skies. Most were birthed out of the basic day cycle by Pastrami Linden aka Asi Lang, so much respect to him for originating this art, and of course, props to our whole WindLight Team.

These skies are all local files on my hard drive, and if I wanted to share them when First Look: WindLight re-comes out, that means I'd have to post a ZIP file or somesuch thing for you to download and manually install in your "app_settings" folder. Not as convenient as trading inventory inworld (share-able skies are in the works), but OK for now. Maybe some of 'em should be bundled presets in the default install? Whaddaya think? I'm not the best judge, so please let me know which are your favorites in the comments:

20122013Alien planetAn incongruent truthAnime cielAnwarAsian red dawnAzure desertation 2Azure desertationBaffinBangkoBangko2Barcelon variationBreaking firmamentBrillianter sunsetBubble sun severanceBuccaneers of the coastChinese legacyClouds indifferentCoastal sunset mod 2Coastal sunset mod 3Coastal sunset modCommie skiesConciergistDark came overDeep blue sky 2Deep blue skyFairytale glowFarmatronic sepiaFine Scottish dayFog mystic 2Fog mysticGarigal moschelesGelattoGelding moroseGood for marriageGood for warm sailingGreen whirlHong KongIsland cuspLiz gluftLydian dinosaursMetal Gear SoidMidnight riderMilitary camoMint teahouseMoon berriesMorphirizonMy noonNight flyerOriental delightPeach PechePhlogistonPlanet XmasPolaron chargePort skiesRavenelle's choiceRaylantaSailor moonShine on my friendsSilhouettaSlips through walls 2Slips through walls 3Slips through walls 4Slips through walls 5Slips through wallsStudy vesselsThat spells moon 2That spells moon 3That spells moon 4That spells moonThe pink towerTurtle island nightTurtle islandTusken sunsTwisted pixelsUn PeintureVariationzWonderzanYo pirates!

(Mebbe I should make 20 more for a round 100?)

19 Responses to “80 skies - that's how many WindLight presets I've made”

  1. Smiley Barry Says:
    August 2nd, 2007 at 11:21 PM PDT

    COOL! Torley, when WindLight's out, send me a copy of your Presets File :D

  2. Patchouli Woollahra Says:
    August 3rd, 2007 at 3:19 AM PDT

    Don't bother knocking a round number out if it gets too strenuous okay?

    Having said that this will put a smile on people's faces either as a client-side override, or a estate setting.

  3. Day Oh Says:
    August 3rd, 2007 at 2:13 PM PDT

    "Gelatto"
    "Good for marriage"

    The craziest-looking ones. I think it's amazing that this is possible. Can I ask: do user settings automatically override estate settings? Or perhaps, is there a setting now where you can make sure you're seeing the "estate sky?"

  4. Dimitrio Lewis Says:
    August 3rd, 2007 at 10:20 PM PDT

    Turtle island is really nice. I've always liked that name :)

  5. DarkLight Talamasca Says:
    August 4th, 2007 at 1:42 PM PDT

    I'll second Turtle Island. I also liked Fine Scottish day, Azure Desertation and An incongruent truth, in no particular order. :) I guess I like the more traditional ones. I can't wait for WindLight to go live. ^_^'

  6. Torley Says:
    August 5th, 2007 at 8:09 AM PDT

    I'll prolly post the presets file if some/all don't get included in the default install, just so each & everyone who wants 'em can get 'em.

    Thanks for the recommendations on your faves!

    Trivia: I used "Turtle Island" for when I was snapshotting a sculptie turtle with glow.

    WindLight is currently *only* client-side, but we're intending to add server-side override — on a region-specific basis, like how it is today, only a lot more versatile because of eventual custom skies we want to let everyone share as inventory.

  7. Nina Andrews Says:
    August 8th, 2007 at 6:05 AM PDT

    :)

    From the sublime to the ridiculous. I think you've done them all!

  8. Nina Andrews Says:
    August 8th, 2007 at 6:09 AM PDT

    P.S.

    I'm a traditionalist! I want SL to look real. I absolutely love the Azure desertation ones. So tranqill.

  9. sean percival Says:
    August 11th, 2007 at 5:54 AM PDT

    how much longer do we have to wait!@?#!@?# bangs head on keyboard

  10. Torley Says:
    August 19th, 2007 at 6:02 AM PDT

    @Nina: Thanks for your feedback!

    @sean: At this point, looks like within a few weeks. We'll be sure to announce on the Official Linden Blog when it's back.

    And tentatively, 6 of these will be included in the WindLight preset; some have been tweaked further and renamed slightly. Stay tuned to find out which ones. :)

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    October 1st, 2007 at 4:01 AM PDT

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  12. Oracolo Janus Says:
    April 23rd, 2008 at 2:02 AM PDT

    Hi Torley, first of all I have to thank you. I already used to take a lot of snapshots in SL but after windlight surfaced and expecially after installing your presets I become almost addicted to sl photoshooting… maybe I should say "I hate you" for this instead of "thank you" :-)
    The presets I like the most are Peach Peche, This alien life and Study vassels.
    Even if I don't use it (and I can't really say I like it) I owe something to the "What am I thinking" preset from the archive on the sl wiki. I owe you for it because it got me started in my research for a black and white setting that leaded me to an unespected "drawing effect" preset.
    I just wish there was a "saturation" slider in the windlight advenced settings and I would become even more addicted to windlight :-)

    Thanks again
    Oracolo Janus

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    June 14th, 2008 at 1:30 PM PDT

    [...] Thanks so much Torley, I love them [...]

  14. Ivyana Szondi Says:
    August 4th, 2008 at 11:13 AM PDT

    I love them and would really love a zip file of these presets please!

  15. Torley Says:
    August 10th, 2008 at 8:46 AM PDT

    @Ivyana: Good news for you and everyone else, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THEM HERE:

    » http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Windlight#Torley.27s_WindLight_settings

  16. Fifi Says:
    August 14th, 2008 at 2:48 PM PDT

    Hi Torley,

    Is it possible to start SL with a favourite sky preset parameter in the shortcut command line??

    Fifi

  17. Torley Says:
    August 17th, 2008 at 10:57 AM PDT

    @Fifi: Not that I know of. What you could do is create new presets with the same names as the defaults and replace those, and that should work — but it's a bit more trouble.

  18. lee Says:
    November 1st, 2008 at 6:31 AM PDT

    This is probably going to sound insane but…i cant find the windlight folder to put the stuff in? halp..lol.

  19. Torley Says:
    November 1st, 2008 at 11:27 AM PDT

    @lee, which directories DO you see? Did you see the tutorial @ http://torley.com/windlight

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