Every year, Tymus Tenk, Truck Meredith and the Calas team bring us worlds of wonder to explore in the form of their Halloween and Christmas wonderland builds as an adjunct to Calas Galadahon Park, and each year we are gifted with regions of mystical / seasonal delight. Mixing an atmospheric setting rich in places to explore, scenes to uncover, rides to enjoy and events to attend, all knitted together by the weave of environment settings, soundscape and supporting music, these builds are always and genuinely a highlight of Second Life.
For October / Halloween 2024, the Calas team once again present Shadowfell, a three region journey journey through a realm which although probably not modelled specifically after any element of Tolkien’s mythology, carries with it something of a sense of Middle Earth during the Second and Third Ages, mixed with hints of other franchises to offer an engaging potpourri of elements deserving of careful exploration. First presented in 2022 as The Gardens of Shadowfell, the setting was updated and expanded in 2023 (see: A journey through Shadowfell in Second Life), and it is this iteration – with some little tweaks and updates (including the use of PBR materials) – which opened at the start of October 2024 for people to enjoy.
As with all of the Calas themed builds, this is one in which it is very important visitors note at least some of the guidelines regarding a visit, all of which can be found at the landing point – with the most important perhaps being:
- Make sure you Used Shared Environment (via World → Environment).
- If you are not a PBR viewer, make sure Advanced Lighting Model is active via Preferences → Graphics).
- Enable local sounds.
- Make sure you have particles visible.
It also is suggested that those who can, should also enable Shadows via Preferences → Graphics. This is worthwhile if you can – and with the roll-out of the performance improvements within the viewer, this should be easier than it might have once been for a fair number of Second Life users – and I’d at least recommend it for photography.
This year, rather than blathering on and talking the four legs off a donkey describing the setting, I thought I’d offer a video instead – hope you enjoy it (best viewed in You Tube!)!
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- Shadowfell (Mist, rated Moderate)
Inara Pey: Living in a Modemworld 
What a stunning piece of work!
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TY!
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Great Video! I enjoyed my wander there yesterday! They did such a great design with so many PBR effects.
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Thank you! And ShadowFell is always a joy!
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Your video captured this breath taking environment so beautifully ! It’s not easy to truly capture through video the wonder that is ShadowFell, but you have done just that!
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Thank you so much! ❤
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