Knot Fireplace & Decoratives

ā–  KNOT SPECS: Fireplace: 4 land impact | on/off by touch or local chat: “fire on” or “fire off” (without quotation marks) with access menu | Figures & Branch: 1 land impact each | PBR & Legacy Materials | CM

ā–  THE MEANING Knot (English) A complex interlacing of parts that creates a single, unbreakable point of tension and unity.

ā–  ABOUT: Knot functions as the visual bridge between the heavy brutal/industrial permanence of the chimney, the vertical rhythm of the human figures and the outward reaching Manzanita branch. This is the intersection where geometry meets the human spirit.

Read on for some behind the scenes …

Before defining the hearth, I felt there was something missing in that the chimney held “movement” and the base fell flat. Cue the myriad of tests:

This was “okay” but didn’t solve the flatness.

This was “okay” too, but felt farther than where I wanted to go.

Adding some edge detailing made it too hard.

And so I gave up on the hearth, and defined the pocket underneath… Which ended up solving the hearth! And so it was closer, but not quite. To add more depth and interest to the pocket I decided to detach it from the underside of the concrete. From the position of your avatar’s eyes, this will work as a secondary highlight.

So here it is in SL with the pocket detached from the concrete. After applying diffuse textures (no materials yet), I realised the movement needn’t come from the hearth itself, and so I first thought of some abstract silhouettes of humans.

It was cute! But looked too random. So I set it aside and took a break. The idea of a long, moving branch came to me while I was in the garden, and so I tried it out.

As I was building it, I wanted it to twist! And so a secondary branch was born…

And twist it did! This side profile made me very happy about the twisting. Upon rendering I thought what might happen if I dragged the people back in (thankfully did not delete them!).

And there she was for the first time looking complete. ā™„

Welcome to SCAFALL.COM

Dear Scafall Patrons,

It is with great pleasure I welcome you to Scafall’s official website! To follow is a brief overview of all the things you can find in this space.

UPDATES

Here you’ll be able to find behind the scenes commentary on the design process, keep up to date with new releases, sales, product upgrades, and beyond this, discover resources that may be helpful when personalising your Scafall products.

KAEDHR

Did you enjoy the launch of our soul-technology line? Here you’ll be able to find more information about the lineage and essence of the line.

STRUCTURES

The heart of the store: our homes. Each section serves as a useful gallery of all Scafall homes, extensions and skyboxes (-es) listed from newest to oldest. Structures that have received the intuitive lighting system and PBR upgrade will have that listed under its card.

Commissioned projects are now open under updated rules! If you’ve ever wanted something to exist and think Scafall can make that happen, please make sure you’re ok with the new structure.

SPOTLIGHT

Where Scafall has shared space. Here you can find videos made by old time friends and collaborators, events Scafall participates in and featured press.

RESOURCES

This page is a shared collection of helpful resources that can be submitted by anyone (Scafall customers, Scafall bloggers, and me). These can be in any format and will be linked to your original post. If you feel the urge to submit something, just IM and we’ll see if it fits!

BLOGGERS

This section is dedicated to the team that makes magic out of Scafall products.

Here you’ll be able to find their links, businesses, event spaces, along with some of their work on the Best of the Best page, which features 12 photos selected from the year’s Best of (monthly) photos. While there were so many contenders, these are the photos that are honoured for overall cohesion in artistic direction, clarity of Scafall products and emotion. The Trophy Room holds their annual trophies, and the meaning behind each trophy design.

ABOUT

Finally, have you wondered what Scafall actually means? Or why the heck are things so strange around here? Here you’ll be able to understand how the store and Gianna are one and the same. Read about our origin story, the store philosophies and store policies!

Thank you all for your continued support through the years. If you have any questions or submissions, please reach out.

Enjoy the website!

ā™„ always,
Gianna Marques
Scafall Cofounder/Creator

šŸ”„Scafall Fire Major Stability Update

Affected Products: House Lys, Savel and Bram Fireplaces
[Dialog-Fire Update]: Menu & Fire Master Script Resolved

Updated products have been sent to affected owners. If you haven’t received a copy of the update please head to our store’s Caspervend Redelivery page: https://bit.ly/3WwMbfe

I have updated the fireplace from multiple scripts to a single master script. Still waiting on more clarity from the Lindens on what caused this in the first place since everything was running smoothly for 5 months.

To prevent any potential issues if this bug spreads from our RC test server to the main servers, I’ve updated all affected fireplaces to the new system in time for the region rollout today and possibly tomorrow.

This is a crucial update to avoid bugs caused by unpredictable server changes. If you own House Lys with the built in fireplace, or the Savel and Bram fireplaces, please replace them with the latest version which for most of you can be found at the top of your objects folder.

This update streamlines the fireplace by unifying its multiple scripts into a single master script, which means better stability against unpredictable Second Life server changes and region handovers.

āœØ Update Highlights:

– touch for menu: on/off & access (owner, group, public)
– local chat “fire on” “fire off” commands 20m range

āœØ The Changelog

– Master Script: One script now controls all fireplace functions for better stability.
– Server Resilience: Built to handle unpredictable Second Life and RC channel updates.
– Efficiency: Reduced lag and memory usage.

Thank you everyone for your patience. If you need any clarity your IMs are always welcome.

ā™„ Gianna

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