Scripting Your World: The Official Guide to Second Life Scripting

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Author: Dana Moore

ISBN-10: 0470339837

ISBN-13: 9780470339831

Category: Online Gaming

Find complete information about Second Life scripting and gain access to more than 50 previously unpublished ready-to-use scripts in Scripting Your World: The Official Guide to Second Life Scripting.  Learn how to script Second Life behaviors, grouped into categories like avatar movement, communications, prim and object control, automation, land control, combat, special effects, environment control and physics, and interacting with the world outside of Second Life.  After you read...

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Your second life is how you script itScripting is the spice of Second Life, and this official guide to the Linden Scripting Language (LSL) is the complete scripting resource for making your Second Life creations come to life, interacting with players, creating dazzling special effects, and adding realism to the virtual world. The authors are an expert team of programmers who cover every single aspect of LSL, from the basics of avatar movement and communication, to physics and special effects, to interacting with the world outside of Second Life. This thorough reference and tutorial features detailed walk-throughs and step-by-steps that teach the "why" of scripting while explaining core LSL conventions. It includes more than 50 exclusive, brand-new custom scripts that you can use and modify right now. Make doors open automatically, put a message in a bottle and watch it float out to sea, create a tip jar, and start a storm complete with loud thunderclaps and flashing lightning. Understand the Linden Scripting Language: Master every aspect of Second Life's programming languageAutomate with scripts: Greet visitors by name, teleport around the world, and dance with a partnerLearn physics and vehicles: Create a jet pack, a magic carpet, and a machine gunUse environmental controls: Create moving shadows, make water splash, and have bees flit from flower to flower Integrate multimedia: Dazzle residents with streaming TV and ambient soundscapesIncorporate the outside world: Build a live news ticker and send e-mail

1. Getting a feel for the language:  The basics and/or a Review. 2. Getting your Avatar to stand up (and out). 3. Communications (to avs, but mostly setting stage for inter-prim comms). 4. Prims and Objects. 5. Automation. 6. Land. 7. Combat: Push, Physics, Damage. 8. Interlude: Special Projects. 9. Special-Effects Department. 10. Reacting to the Virtual Environment. 11. Sound and Video (multimedia). 12. Interacting with the Real World. 13. Selling It. 14. Dealing with Problems. 17. A Look to the Future.