Object gallery and acknowledgements

No, I didn't create every object in the City myself. And some of those I did are perhaps worth a look in their own right. So here's the Gallery, and the thanks.

Tools

The main VRML editing tool used here was Notepad: thank you, Microsoft.
The best browser and plugin combination I found was Netscape 4 and Cosmo 2.1.
After that: for syntax checking, Vorlon. It's free: and that's just the start of its good points. From Trapezium.

Many of the objects I grabbed from other sites had to be cut down considerably before I could use them: a 100K model looks great alone, but as just one part of a large world it's overkill. So to reduce the number of polygons, I used some tools.

Microsoft Word & Excel. Thank you, Microsoft. (If anyone wants to know about using Excel as a VRML generator, get in touch)
Chisel. From Trapezium, same as Vorlon, but Chisel isn't free. (Well, it was for 30 days, which was enough).
Flamingo Optimiser. From Novafex. Which sadly wouldn't install on the Windows NT box at work, but was great at home under W98.
VRML1TO2: does just what it says on the packet. From Sony.

Objects by other people

The Horse. Originally produced by "Fountain" from Caligari, in VRML1. Converted, shrunk, and GZIPed.
Male head. Part of the "man walking" model from the Vrealm demo, cut down with Chisel.
Female head, as used in the statue of Vinga. Part of a VRML 1 model called "bikini" produced by MindFormer Version 2.0, again converted and cut down with various tools. I'm not sure which site I got that one from.
The "Lightning Spear" effect in the Orlanth temple is heavily based on "Tesla", one of the Vrealm samples.
The Background node and the lighting: straight from the "VRML Sourcebook". A really, really good book.
The Dagger. Used as a 2H sword in the Vinga temple, and will probably get a look-in elsewhere. Supplied by Viewpoint Datalabs and then cut down a bit. But not by much: they do good models!

Objects by me

Bucket
Barrel, with and without the top
Opening door
Pair of opening doors
Stool
Clothes-stand
Arm band
Fire
Basic humanoid statue
More complex male statue (the head isn't mine)
More complex female statue, holding 2H sword (the head isn't mine and nor is the sword)

Protos: city building tools

Ladder. The PROTO takes the ladder length as a parameter and adds a suitable number of rungs. The result is LODed so that details and textures only come in at close range
Various simple buildings in one library file:

flat roof, internal courtyard
pitched roof
plain box with textured walls at close range
a proximity sensor that triggers a description in another frame (this one's a bit difficult to demonstrate in isolation, but look at the code.)

The doors that click to open. I need to do something about parameters to control the doorknob, but other than that it's not bad.