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OMG KILO IS SO COOL. T_____T

How do you make clothes and stuff on Second Life? O__O

A couple options.

If you want to go from scratch, then for items that are solid attachments (like almost everything I'm wearing there) you can create simple "prims" (they're the building blocks of everything) in game and manipulate their dimensions. You can't get overly complex with these, since they're basically just simple 3-D shapes that are warped within certain parameters, but you can also input 3-D texture maps to create "sculpty" prims. Things like the lenses of my mask or the parts that make up the hilt of my sword would be normal prims. The mask's face and my beret would be sculpties. You can make and apply textures to each individual prim (for sculpties this is a b***h, for others it's just a matter of positioning things correctly), and then you can link them to create a large object (for example, each shotgun shell in my vest's bandolier is a separate prim, with the band itself being its own prim linked to the bigger white prim that is the body piece).

There are also clothes and skin layers that texture the contours of the avatar's body (which is manipulated through an in-world menu). The body armor and gloves visible on my arms is an example of that, and all that's needed for that is knowledge of where things will map on the avatar's body to make a texture file (a digital image that you can upload). An "object" usually consists of several linked prims and can be attached to any of the set attachment points on the avatar's body. There are limited slots, but any item can be attached to any point, and as long as you're aware that it will be physically tied to the point you set it to, you can use that to your advantage. For example, my beret is linked to my mouth, my mask to my chin and the ski mask underneath to one of my ears, leaving the skull point open for hair. Since all of those features always move in the same way, nothing ever looks weird, but if I tied my beret to my hand, it would move all over the place whenever I moved that hand.

I could type up pages in more detail, but I don't want to waste space. That's a really kind of basic run down, and it helps to see things in-world, but that's the gist of it. If it makes any sense. gonk

I don't know how/don't have the programs needed to make sculpties, but I do know how to manipulate the building system and can make my own textures enough to be able to add the accessories I want to and to customize items I've bought to my own needs. A lot of the items I have are hodgepoge Frankenstein mixes of multiple items I own, where I pull pieces off of one thing and link them to another to create something entirely new.

Ash - I never want the RP to transfer over to SL. I much prefer text based RP like this to the more live action feel of it on SL. It's fun to model characters like that and have them interact, but for the core RP, I really want to stay in the forums.

So don't worry. You won't be missing out or anything. xd

If you're using the SL Viewer 2.0, the camera blows. A lot. Use Emerald. They use the old camera controls.

Also, one thing that helps a lot is "alt-camming." If you hold alt, click and hold on an object, you can cam all around it with the mouse.