Linden Scripting Language (LSL) Script Count.
Linden Scripting Language (LSL) Unicode Support.
Second Life: How to Stop Showing as Cloud
- If you are shown as a cloud forever, one way to fix it is this. Go to menu 〖Advanced▸Character▸Character Tests▸Test Male〗. You should show up. Then, you can put back your avatar.
See also: Second Life Keyboard Shortcuts Cheatsheet
Also, here's some explanation of Phoenix Viewer preference's features. Source wiki.phoenixviewer.com
A new version of lsl mode is out. This version, v1.6.0, added function completion and snippets for 18 new Linden Lab functions. Get it today, at Emacs LSL Mode (xlsl-mode) for Linden Scripting Language.
Bald eagle holding a machine gun with US flag. The eagle avatar is made by An Ballinger, and the nest, machine gun, flag, is a creativity by Kristian Kit. ❐
New version of Blender v2.5 just released. The major news is that it finally got traditional user interface.
Second Life Problems: llSitTarget as Teleportor.
Cyberpunk in Second Life
from a new friend's store:
“Neurolab Inc. - Machinima Second Life (2011-03) 1080p”
His home page is: neurolab-inc.com
Sex in Second Life: Video Interview with Paisley Beebee.
Want to buy lindens? I sell them. You get better rate than Linden Labs. See: Buy Lindens Special Offer.
“2009 ABC Television Interview with Paisley Beebe in Real Life”
In case you don't know, Paisley BeeBe (sl name) runs a TV show in sl. Usually interviewing people. I've attended a couple. First in around 2008.
i'm giving a special for my Xah Particle Maker. For 1k linden each. Just IM me in sl (sl name: Xah Toll). Offer last till end of this week (ends in Sunday Feb 27 midnight).
if you on twitter, here's some good tweeter to follow.
For starter, just pick ones from my friend Wizard Gynoid's list, at http://twitter.com/wizardgynoid/following.
you can also follow me at http://twitter.com/xah_lee, but most my tweet is about programing stuff and others.
Discovered some new 3D tools:
Also, Unity (game engine) @ unity3d.com seems pretty hot.
See also: List of 3D Modeling Software.
Thanks to Ina Centaur.
Linden Labs raised the group limit to 42 now. That means, you can join a max of 42 groups, instead of the old 25.
Here's how to change Phoenix to support that.
- Pull the menu “Phoenix▸Show Advanced”,
- Pull the menu “Advanced▸Debug Settings...”
- Type “phoenix40GroupsSupport”
- Set to TRUE.
- Relog.
Info source:
“1/8 Ton but want to be a slave-girl?” Source alphavilleherald.com
Second Life Screenshot Gallery
Thanks to Arie Kluit for donation for Emacs LSL Mode (xlsl-mode) for Linden Scripting Language.
Second Life Viewer 2 Stupidities
Inventory Links
“Outfit Links” is quite a useful feature. For example, in sl, sometimes i play in the military combat community (first person shooter.) Sometimes i do build and scripting. (see: Build Tutorial and Scripting Tutorial.) Sometimes you might go to a dance club or beach. In different situations, you have different set of avatars, clothing items, or huds you wear. It is tedious to take off your clothing items and pick different ones in your inventory to wear. With “outfit links”, you can wear a particular set in one shot.
Inventory links tutorial
If you are impatient to watch the vid... see this doc at Source wiki.phoenixviewer.com.
There's a new version of lsl-mode for emacs. This new version added new functions and keywords AGENT_BY_LEGACY_NAME, AGENT_BY_USERNAME, llGetDisplayName, llRequestDisplayName.
Get it now at Emacs LSL Mode (xlsl-mode) for Linden Scripting Language.
〈Display Names on Phoenix Viewer〉 By Jessica Lyon.
perm url with explanations: Second Life Login Name, Display Name.
Thanks to Michael Aldred for donation for Emacs LSL Mode (xlsl-mode) for Linden Scripting Language.
Plants vs. Zombies amazon is a very popular game.
plants vs zombie last boss.
Plants vs Zombie; Thoughts on Stratedgy and Game Formulation
What's Mouse DPI; Does Mouse DPI Matter in Gaming? (random thoughts)
2 months ago, i found a fantastic mouse:
Cyborg RAT 5 gaming mouse.
But reading amazon reviews today, it seems to have its problems. For video review and detail, see: Best Input Devices (Jog/Shuttle, Touchpad, Cyborg Mouse, Pen Tablet).
World of Warcraft (WoW) players are all excited about the upcoming new system〈World of Warcraft: Cataclysm〉 amazon
By the way, if you don't know already, WoW is known as the most addictive game in existence. Here's some quotes from Wikipedia:
World of Warcraft, often referred to as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs ＆ Humans in 1994...
The third expansion set, Cataclysm, was announced at BlizzCon 2009,[10][11] and entered into closed beta testing in late June 2010.[12][13]
With more than 11.5 million monthly subscriptions in December 2008,[14][15] World of Warcraft is currently the world's most-subscribed MMORPG,[9][16][17] and holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular MMORPG by subscribers.[18][19][20][21] In April 2008, World of Warcraft was estimated to hold 62 percent of the MMORPG subscription market.[22]
On the net, there are quite a few articles, groups, about addiction problems with WoW. Here is a YouTube video.
World of Warcraft Addict
I remember reading online that there are cases of death in China and Korea. Where, it is reported that the gamer just played non-stop, then dropped dead. There are also news about suicide. The suicide cases are not surprising and likely happen now and then, but am not sure about playing to death by exhaustion.
Several high quality, Free, MMOG:
Emerald Viewer Banned by Linden Labs; What Viewer to Use?.
Large update: Emerald Viewer DOS Fiasco.
Major drama is going on with Emerald now. Emerald developer LordGrep annouced quitting, and Emerald is involved in a Denial Of Service Attack. See: Emerald Viewer DOS Fiasco.
Second Life military group Chthonic Syndicate's memebers in casuals, at the new sim Hydros. 2010 Aug. Mayra is the admiral. Arvid is the vice admiral. Want hot chicks? join CS.
See also: Second Life Military Videos, Furry Soldiers (images).
3 dance videos added to Dancing in Second Life.
Second Life Hamster Ball Roller Coaster (video)
Software for Video Capture and Screencasting (tips; advise)
Want to buy furry avatars? One of the best place is: Rocket City. Go there, enter the building, then tp to the shop in sky.
Another good furry av place is Elliquiy.
For pictures of furries, see: Furry Soldiers. More pictures but 2 years old are at: Second Life's Furries (page 1).
LSL Problems: llEdgeOfWorld().
Nice shop and build. http://www.flickr.com/photos/25003627@N06/4604186399/in/pool-990162@N23
A L$1000 discount on my Xah Particle Maker, for Memorial today. Buy it here: Xah Particle Maker.
Major bug for those sl merchants: XstreetSL Item Disappears.
The emerald guys are announcing AjaxLife, a web browser based, text-only, Second Life viewer. So, if you are on a lousy computer with no graphics card and just want to login to chat with your friends or get your IMs, then AjaxLife is your solution. I tried it. It works. Pretty neat.
Start using here: http://ajaxlife-0.modularsystems.sl/.
A lil' new tip. Want to make your av invisible? You can!
Using Emerald, all you have to do is ground sit (Ctrl+Alt+s) while you are in mid-air.
Spend 3 hours and re-wrote my Xah Particle Maker manual. See:
Second Life's adult rating system is changing names. Instead of PG, Mature, Adult, the new name is General, Moderate, Adult. For reason why, see: wiki.secondlife.com. This name change already happened in Viewer 2.
A lil tip. Are you annoyed by the overly glaring glow in sl? You can reduce it. Go to “Advanced▸Debug Settings...” (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S), then choose renderglowiterations, put a value like 1. (default is 2) That will reduce the glow rendering.
Top 10 people who became wealthy thru sl, from BusinessWeek: Second Life Rich List.
Apparently, Stroker Serpentine (rl name Kevin Alderman), a Second Life made real life millionaire, has made several law suits against copybotters, and against Linden Lab as well. See Wikipedia article, link at Second Life Product Market Value.
New article: Second Life Militaries List.
Also, A new sl combat tip i learned today. You know, whenever you land from a high jump, you splat into the ground, with about 1 second being immobile? I always wondered if that can be turned off. Yes you can, with Emerald.
Go to “Advanced▸Debug Settings...” (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S). Then type EmeraldIgnoreFinishAnimation, set it to true.
When you set that, you don't have the landing delay, nor the delay when starting jump.
Thinking about it, i actually haven't played ANY massive online games except Second Life. In fact, the last game i remember played on PC is American McGee's Alice, and that is in around 2000.
(am 42, and in my teens and 20s and 30s, i surely have played lots of video games. Basically, my gaming behavior is like addiction. When i got into a game, i'd play it for weeks EVERY MINUTE WHEN I'M AWAKE, even skipping food, rush to bathroom, or went sleep deprivation, till i mastered it thoroughly. Then, usually guilt overcame me for playing video game so much, and i'd swear never to play game again. I'd not play another video game for half a year or a year, or longer especially when i get older.)
Though, in the past 3 years while spend several hours in Second Life almost daily, i learned tremendously about the online gaming community today. (note that massive multi-player online games is only a phenomenon say after 2005, because before the internet, net speed, and technology, simply isn't there) Today, i learned about Steampowered.com. Here's a Wikipedia quote:
Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation. It is used to distribute a large number of games and related media entirely over the internet, from small independent efforts to larger, more popular games. Steam is set apart from similar services primarily by its community features, completely automated game update process, and its use of in-game functionality.
There are over 1,100 games available through Steam,[3] and in January 2010 Valve announced that it had surpassed 25 million active user accounts.[4] It regularly services in excess of two million concurrent users.[5] Although Valve never releases sales figures, Steam is considered by its competitors and clients to be the market leader, controlling an estimated 70% of the digital distribution market.[6]
See also: Introduction to Second Life.
Linden Labs has created a new policy about third party viewers. Basically, viewers that does not respect their Term Of Service policy or does export items without respecting the permission system will no longer be able to login to Linden Labs's server. This policy is enforced starting on 2010-05-01. For detail, see: secondlife.com Policy on Third-Party Viewers.
They also have a page listing approved viewers at http://viewerdirectory.secondlife.com/. Currently there are 7 third-party ones. Some of these viewers have interesting features. For example, a text based viewer, viewer for cellphone (iPod, iPhone, Android), viewer for film makers and photographers (basically high-end rendering).
Note that Emerald viewer is compliant. I highly recommend the Emerald Viewer for power players.
Second Life Product Market Values.
A poster artwork made by Mayra Roffo, leader of the Chthonic Syndicate military. ❐
See also: Second Life Military (videos), Furry Soldiers (screenshots).
Second Life Keyboard Shortcuts Cheatsheet
Server 1.36.4 is deployed in main grid. Release Notes/Second Life Beta Server/1.36.
Hot from the press, the Emerald guys has discosed a document of rogue viewers that they know of. Rogue Viewers are those violate LL policies, such as those can bypass permission system, free upload, IP address spoof (so bans have no effect on them), ..., and in some cases, send out your login name and password. The list is here: http://onyx.modularsystems.sl.
The Xstreet SL Terminals is obsolete, announced by Linden, here: Say Goodbye To Xstreet SL Terminals.
To transfer money between SL and Xstreet, just login to Xstreet on the web. Then, you'll see the links in the “My Marketplace” box. You can also buy lindens on Xstreet too, of course.
Consolidated my blog entries on LSL into one page: Misc LSL Tips.
Consolidated my blog entries related to sl viewers into one page: Misc Info On Second Life Viewers.
Discovered Racers Island. A high quality sim for car racing fans.
Furry Soldiers (screenshots)
Created a Xah Particle Maker Frequently Asked Questions.
See: Second Life Futuristic Cities.