A Little History Second Life has long had a system for displaying video on a prim. This is the parcel-media system, whereby you can supply a URL for a video feed, and the video will be displayed on an… more →
A View From Another Lifepyter wrote 4 months ago: A Little History Second Life has long had a system for displaying video on a prim. This is the parce … more →
pyter wrote 4 months ago: Where’s the point in having a blog if you can’t use for some occasional self-advertiseme … more →
pyter wrote 4 months ago: As with all my script posts, I am assuming here that you already know the basics of how to create an … more →
pyter wrote 5 months ago: Anyone who has tried creating an opening door in Second Life will no doubt have found that it is sur … more →
pyter wrote 6 months ago: In my previous article, I showed how to set up communication between different scripts in a set of l … more →
pyter wrote 6 months ago: Sooner or later, if you are creating gadgets that do useful things, you will find the need to have s … more →
pyter wrote 7 months ago: Sometimes it is useful to be able to change or apply textures through a script. Imagine, for example … more →
pyter wrote 8 months ago: In my previous blog entry about creating a HUD, I briefly mentioned that it was possible, but not ne … more →
pyter wrote 8 months ago: I’ve done a number of posts now about scripting, so maybe it’s time to move on to a new … more →
pyter wrote 8 months ago: This is going to be a long one. Get yourself a cup of coffee first. What is a HUD? If you have to as … more →
pyter wrote 8 months ago: It’s often useful for an object to maintain a record of avatars or objects. One example might … more →
pyter wrote 8 months ago: I’m not sure why, but this struck me as oddly amusing. It is also, however, very clever, and i … more →
pyter wrote 8 months ago: One common item which you will find around Second Life is the ‘owner on-line’ indicator. … more →
pyter wrote 9 months ago: Here is a very simple way to create rippling water for a pond or swimming pool. It uses the water te … more →
pyter wrote 9 months ago: There are three ways to rotate an object in SecondLife, each with their own advantages and disadvant … more →
pyter wrote 9 months ago: It’s often useful to have somewhere to store settings for an SL gadget, and a common way of do … more →
pyter wrote 1 year ago: The first in an occasional series of hopefully useful scripts or snippets. I’ll start simply, … more →