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Friday, November 28, 2008 @ SL Comic Strip
I'll just leave this here . . .
(click on image for the actual size)
-McPriPree Dezno
Saturday, November 8, 2008 @ Goku visits SL-NUS!
Today, Son Goku came to visit SL-NUS! Here is me and him in a fan pic! :D
Then we found the car left behind again by the hit and run driver. I told Goku of what happened and it made him an angry man. An angry Goku is not a nice Goku. I knew what was coming and decided to run...
KAAA MEEEE HAAA MEEEE HAAAAAAAA!!!!! - - - - - - - -
Oh shi-.....Luckily this is SL, no one died in the process of this event. Nor was there any damage done to any buildings. God bless SL-NUS.
-McPriPree Dezno
Labels: Dragonball, Goku, News, NUS SL
Friday, November 7, 2008 @ Building? What is it?
Building... One of the interesting sides of Second Life.
Though It is not a must 'know', it is a skill that is definitely a plus plus when it comes to showcasing and nuturing your creative side!
Most of the things that is inside SL is made/build by users (Yes! People like me and you!)
Many Builders make items or buildings based on real life.
(For example, the University Hall in NUS, the normal shoes and accessories that people wear.)
Some builders , on the other hand, build items that are based on imagination
which defies the laws of physics. Heres an Example :( a flying helicopter made up of words !)...
"How to Build?" . While building is considered hard by some, one of the key for success is , of course.. PATIENCE! Here are some ways to learn:
by starting on learning how to modify existing stuff that other people build
by attending live classes in Second Life(Under Search-> Events tab, select education and search!)
by trial and error
by online youtube tutorials or articles
by Torley's Lindens video (RECOMMENED!)
What an item is made up of : "prims" and "textures".
Prims are the basic shapes that you can rezz(make stuff appear) to make an item when in the 'build' window(hit 'b' on your keyboard, while ensuring that the chatbar is off). Normally, an item or a building is made up of a chunk of
prims (sounds reasonable ^_^.)
Textures are the pictures that cover the prims. Textures gives the object a more realistic look. You can get some default textures in your inventory ,or you can get them inworld (from other users)
but if you cant find what you are looking for you can make your own textures in gimp or photoshop then upload them for the price of L$10.
Seeing funny shapes that dosent look like the basic shapes? Well 2 possibilites .. either the prim has been tortured(playing with the settings of the basic shapes) or its a sculpty!
Sculpties are shapes that are exported from third party softwares like maya
then uploaded to Second Life. Here is something i made:
in to THIS!
Wondering about moving or animating objects and those that emit out funny looking weird pictures (particles), or maybe objects that makes your avatar/Character move ?
These brings you to the term scripting. Though it may take some time for those who do not have programming or scripting backgrounds to pick it up, it allows you to add special effects
to your builds. There are many script examples to learn from online, and places inside Second Life itself to learn (e.g College of Scripting, Music, and, Horsa ) . Some places provide free scripts for u to learn from too!
While there are so much more that has to be learn about it and to type about,its best found out by trying out yourself :)
Till next time,
Silva
Though It is not a must 'know', it is a skill that is definitely a plus plus when it comes to showcasing and nuturing your creative side!
Most of the things that is inside SL is made/build by users (Yes! People like me and you!)
Many Builders make items or buildings based on real life.
(For example, the University Hall in NUS, the normal shoes and accessories that people wear.)
Some builders , on the other hand, build items that are based on imagination
which defies the laws of physics. Heres an Example :( a flying helicopter made up of words !)...
"How to Build?" . While building is considered hard by some, one of the key for success is , of course.. PATIENCE! Here are some ways to learn:
by starting on learning how to modify existing stuff that other people build
by attending live classes in Second Life(Under Search-> Events tab, select education and search!)
by trial and error
by online youtube tutorials or articles
by Torley's Lindens video (RECOMMENED!)
What an item is made up of : "prims" and "textures".
Prims are the basic shapes that you can rezz(make stuff appear) to make an item when in the 'build' window(hit 'b' on your keyboard, while ensuring that the chatbar is off). Normally, an item or a building is made up of a chunk of
prims (sounds reasonable ^_^.)
Textures are the pictures that cover the prims. Textures gives the object a more realistic look. You can get some default textures in your inventory ,or you can get them inworld (from other users)
but if you cant find what you are looking for you can make your own textures in gimp or photoshop then upload them for the price of L$10.
Seeing funny shapes that dosent look like the basic shapes? Well 2 possibilites .. either the prim has been tortured(playing with the settings of the basic shapes) or its a sculpty!
Sculpties are shapes that are exported from third party softwares like maya
then uploaded to Second Life. Here is something i made:
in to THIS!
Wondering about moving or animating objects and those that emit out funny looking weird pictures (particles), or maybe objects that makes your avatar/Character move ?
These brings you to the term scripting. Though it may take some time for those who do not have programming or scripting backgrounds to pick it up, it allows you to add special effects
to your builds. There are many script examples to learn from online, and places inside Second Life itself to learn (e.g College of Scripting, Music, and, Horsa ) . Some places provide free scripts for u to learn from too!
While there are so much more that has to be learn about it and to type about,its best found out by trying out yourself :)
Till next time,
Silva
Labels: Basics, Building, Prims. Texture, Scuplties
@ NewsFlash Tonight
Hit And "Run" Accident in SL-NUS.
By McPriPree Dezno
SL-NUS -- A tragedy occured at the SL-NUS hall today. A person was found dead on top of a car in the middle of the SL-NUS hall at around 8pm +8 GMT tod
ay.
The police has yet to identify the victim.
The police arrived on scene was too late to do any help to save the victim.
The victim was pronounced dead at 8:06PM (+8 GMT).
Officer Magos adds, "What? I thought it was a terrorist attack! What am I even doing here? Who is this guy? Nice car over there though, too bad ruined by the blood. I'd hit it. "
The police requests any witnesses to come forward to help and find the hit and run driver, who apparently took off and is still on foot. The police has identified the driver to be a female and probably one who loves to dress up due to the amount of clothes left in the car.
By McPriPree Dezno
SL-NUS -- A tragedy occured at the SL-NUS hall today. A person was found dead on top of a car in the middle of the SL-NUS hall at around 8pm +8 GMT tod
ay.
The police has yet to identify the victim.The police arrived on scene was too late to do any help to save the victim.
The victim was pronounced dead at 8:06PM (+8 GMT).
Officer Magos adds, "What? I thought it was a terrorist attack! What am I even doing here? Who is this guy? Nice car over there though, too bad ruined by the blood. I'd hit it. "
The police requests any witnesses to come forward to help and find the hit and run driver, who apparently took off and is still on foot. The police has identified the driver to be a female and probably one who loves to dress up due to the amount of clothes left in the car.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 @ ...:::dO yoU kNow?:::...
DO YOU KNOW???
Second Life is an Internet-based virtual reality environment launched June 23, 2003.
Since opening to the public, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of Residents from around the globe.
Membership for Second Life is FREE.
NUS Second Life was launched on March 12.
Why Ridgecat? "Ridge" comes from the physical location of 'Kent Ridge' in real life and 'Cats' is an all too popular and natural choice of a mascot to be used. We hope that RidgeCat can form the basic entity of our NUS virtual communities, regardless, students, staff, alumni, NUS related support offices.
What can staffs & students benefit from NUS Second Life? NUS Second Life will enable learning, teaching, sharing, social interacting, playing and working in a 3D online virtual world where creativities thrive beyond imaginations and with endless possibilities. As a member of the NUS community, you can either create or attend tutorials (if lecturers/tutors are game enough to conduct one in the in-world), make friends and widen your social network, design the interactive 3D facilities, buildings & gadgets, attend official or public lectures, take part in social events or parties, hang out at cool joints, be an entrepreneur to construct building objects/structures and make Linden dollars (convertible to USD) and even meet international visitors visiting the island.
In this 3D online virtual world, you are only limited by your own imagination.
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--Mr. MaGic--
Labels: NUS RidgeCat, NUS SL