Waves in Review: Sunset

Sunset Waves (Ondas Olas Waves)

By: Leogarto Burt

Cost:

40m L$ 3,000

60m L$ 4,000

100m L$ 6,000

200m L$ 8,000

Specifications:

Sculpty Wave, One Shape Start to Finish, Animated Texture and Particle Break

Length: 10m

Width: 40m, 60m, 100m, 200m

Height: 10m

What You Get:

01 - Sunset Waves Control Panel;

01 - Sunset Waves Generator (40m or 60m or 100m or 200m);

01 - Sunset Waves Install Instructions Notecard;

01 - Metric Ruler;

01 - Surf Point HP Landmark.

What you need to know:

- How to use Edit Mode

- How to use Terraforming Tools

- Know your lot size

- Have a basic understanding of the SL system

Another great sculpty wave in Second Life is the Sunset Wave. The wave has nice rise and good breaking. The animation is very nice, but the wave is fairly transparent so looks best with your graphics turned up as high as you can go without crashing.

Now riding this wave is fun, wait let me stop here! Just so everyone reading knows I love surfing every wave. Ok back to the wave, I recommend the 100m or 120m wave due to the nice long ride you can get out of it. The wave is pretty forgiving to cut backs and has nice height for spinning and other tricks. I myself like long rides that allow you to move up and down the face of the wave, which the Sunset is well suited for. My only objection to the wave is its acute face angle, this is purely a personal preference and I know many people that love that aspect of it.

The wave is very easy on the sim and runs well on a HS sim. I have my Sunsets running on an HS with lots of other action going on and it never lags! The Sunset is in the mid price range of waves out there and is at a price point that most sim owners can handle even if they are not building a surf themed sim.

The wave is very easy to set up and comes with multilingual text. One nice feature of this wave is its remote wave controller. The on/off is packaged nicely into a beach sign that will blend into any setting. As with most waves beach design is key to having a natural looking wave, so experiment with terraforming and get your wave to break and fall nicely into the water. This wave is a simple setup and has no menu. The wave run duration is totally dependent on terraforming. The best feature of this wave is that Leogarto is always willing to come and help you if your not sure what your doing.

Considering all of the pros and cons I would give this wave a 7 out of 10. I would honestly recommend this wave to any surfer or sim owner thats looking for a nice simple to set up Sculpty Wave!

If you want to see the Sunset Wave in all its glory try Tsunami Beach, its my favorite Sunset Wave spot they have giant sunsets running one after the other in rapid progression. Additionally you'll love the black sand beach.

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/tsunami%20beach/233/127/21/

If you want to purchase this wave check out HP4’s headquarters at Crab Island. This place is very cool and check out Leo’s other creations you will really love the HP4 Surfboards!

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/crab%20Island/196/76/30/

As always this is only my opinion, always try before you buy!