Good Building Practices

Welcome to Good Building Practices

This page is all about how to be creative and efficient at the same time!

Animation Animation Streamlined - Make your creations move without dragging Second Life to a crawl! Mesh Making Mesh Physics - Why and How. Making Mesh for Pathfinding - Pathfinding friendly mesh. Mesh and LOD - Mesh objects that don't crash your friends' old computer. Pathfinding Pathfinding_Overview - Pathfinding explained. Pathfinding_Tools_in_the_Second_Life_Viewer - The Pathfinding tools. Pathfinding_Quick_Start_Guide - The best way to get up and running with Pathfinding. A Visual Guide - Watch how easy it is! Walkability_Coefficients - Control the speed of your Walkable areas. Material_Volumes - Control the speed of your characters. Universal_Attribute_Changes_for_Pathfinding Configure objects for pathfinding in bulk Physics Physics Optimization - Not everything needs physics, learn how to add the least load necessary to the physics engine. PRIM_PHYSICS_SHAPE_NONE - Additional information on this important attribute.

Scripting Debugging Tips - how to work out what your code is doing without a conventional development toolkit Pathfinding Pathfinding LSL Functions - standard reference for all of the pathfinding functions. Modular Pathfinding Kit - code snippets designed to be plugged together to quickly build unique behaviors. Pathfinding Cookbook - ready made solutions for some critters. Holistic Pathfinding Management - Strategies for managing large numbers of pathfinding objects. Vehicles Linden Vehicle Tutorial - Vehicle scripting best practices. Sound Tips for adding sound effects to your builds. Environment Sounds Event Driven Sounds Sculpted Prims Sculpted Prim Usage - What you need to know about how sculpted prims effect Second Life. Textures Texture Usage - What size to use, and what to avoid.