Second Life Tools And Utilities
I have made a few pages with Second Life utilities and tools for second life. To make the list manageable for myself i put some limitations on it:
- I only list programs that run natively on windows
- I only list programs witch are under EUR 100,- to get a full license for
- Except for Texture and sound applications, i will only list programs that produce files that are directly up loadable in second life.
If you have a tool or utility (or a very good website about it) feel free to contact me to get it listed here
Almost everything you see in Second Life is build by the users of this metaverse:
- Objects
These are 3 dimensional items created by putting basic shapes, or primitives together, or even more complex ones, in the form of sculpted primes. These objects can be as simple as a plywood box, or as complex as buildings. - Textures
Since a world only consisting of plywood gets rather dull, there is the possibilities of adding textures to the objects you created. Good textures, and even more the good use of textures and their settings. can make the big difference between a bad and an awesome looking object. - Clothing
Basically clothes are textures that are told to behave as a piece of clothing inside the game. After you tell a texture to be a shirt, a pair of pants, or other objects of clothing, you can save it as an clothing item (and will show up in your inventory as such). - Sound
You have the ability to upload sound clips of maximum 10 seconds per clip. You can use them in gestures, objects, or just for fun. The 10 seconds maximum are a way of linden labs to be certain they will not breach copyright, since everyone is allowed to use 10 second samples of whatever sound. - Animations and poses
The way your avatar moves is handled by special files called animations or poses. These animations and poses can, together with sounds and text be made into gestures within second life. - Scripts
Scripts is the way you can program objects, people and other things (except for normal clothing) in second life. scripts are both extensive and limits (much is done so script can not be used to control other persons in Second Life with out consent)
Some of the content can be made in Second Life Itself, Other items must be created outside second life, and be uploaded. I made a list of useful programs for each of the content types you can use in second life, and one for other Second life tools. Check them out. Of course you can suggest other tools and utilities as well.
