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Jun 7, 2004, 9:45pm

Here's a little tip to make public building areas a little more user
friendly - corona blockers.

Coronas are nice up close, but for the higher vis users, as you get 100m+
away from it, it's just a critical ball of light in the distance. Corona
blockers are large objects (such as pp01l_h, xwall1, xiggy4) with the
following command:

create texture ac mask=awd8m,solid no
(note you can use any texture, but I picked "ac" since it's only 2 letters)

It makes the object 100% transparent, making it block the coronas, but
allowing you to see through. As you approach the build, you'll pass through
the corona blocker and the coronas should kick in as a reasonable size at
that distance.

I'd be very happy if public event organizers started using this (like at
birthday card sites and such)...just try to fly around one of those areas
with 120m vis X_X

PS - Also, one little problem with corona blockers - they get in the way of
right clicking when you try to build. Either put them in last, or place
them underground and have the move into place (which would still block your
right click, but only once at least).

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