how to make a sign to show up on the world map?

[letseeits]

i made a prim and put my texture on it and was wondering what do i need to do to have it show up on the world map. any help would be grate.

[Kwakkelde Kwak]

As far as I know, textures don't show up on the map, only object colors. At least that's how it used to be.

So if you want letters, you'll have to model them with prims. Mesh and sculpties are useless. No matter what their shape is, they will show as hexagons (or something similair).

[Madelaine McMasters]

Hi letseeit,

The prim must be quite large to be viewed from SL "space", so make sure you've got the land rights for something that large, and that your neighbors don't mind. Nothing above 400 meters shows up on the map, so stay below that altitude. And to avoid cluttering the sky from below, I suggest you make all but the top face of the prim transparent.

 

[Rolig Loon]

Probably great too. :smileytongue: :smileyvery-happy: The sim map routine will show anything that is within 300m of the surface, so if you put your texture on a prim and take it up to a couple hundred meters it should show.  Things to remember:

1.  Most people have their draw distance set to 128m by default, so if your prim is more thn 150 m above the surface it will be out of visual range.

2. Remember to make the prim phantom so that it isn't a hazard to navigation

3. Be patient.  Linden Lab's sim map routine updates roughly once a week, so your prim may not show up for a while.