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==Getting Started, Basic Info==
==Basic Info==
Suggest making a simple practice HUD to start learning. You could even make a HUD that would help you gather information for your game. <br />
Start at this wiki's [[HUD]] page, and make a simple HUD as an exercise. You could make a HUD to gather information about locations you visit. <br />


  Start by creating a practice HUD
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Right-click the HUD and select Edit. We can edit a HUD ''while'' we are wearing it. Cool, eh?
Right-click the HUD and select Edit. We can edit a HUD ''while'' we are wearing it. Cool, eh?


'''Consider:''' What if you had a HUD that chatted details about your location when you needed it? You could then visit a few spots you are considering for your first trial, and [touch] this practice HUD to get region name, coordinates, even the name of the land owner. Then, it will be easy to gather that data from chat to contact land owners, write the instructions for the game, or use in your final game HUD's script.
'''Consider:''' What if you had a HUD that chatted details about each location you visited? You could get region name, coordinates, even the name of the land owner. Then, it is easy to gather that data from your [[https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorial/Finding_your_chat_logs chat log]] to use when posting images online, or in a blog.


===Helpful Links===
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* [[Creating HUDs]]
* [[Creating HUDs]]


* [http://lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=land LSLwiki.net category for "Land"] - contains a couple of functions you might use to gather information about game destinations
* [http://lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=land LSLwiki.net category for "Land"] - contains a couple of functions you might use to gather information about locations


* [http://lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=LibraryEnhancedSLURL LibraryEnhancedSLURL]
* [http://lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=LibraryEnhancedSLURL LibraryEnhancedSLURL]
* [[Viewer URI Name Space]] (Info about SLURLs)
* [[Viewer URI Name Space]] (Info about SLURLs)


[[User's Manual]] | [[Advanced_menu]] | [[Statistics Bar Guide]] | [[All_keyboard_shortcut_keys | All Shortcut Keys]]
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[[LSL Portal]] | [[LSL 101]] | [[LSL 101/A Gentle Introduction]]
 
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==Wiki Pages of Interest==
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[[User's Manual]] | [[Advanced_menu]] | [[Statistics Bar Guide]] | [[All_keyboard_shortcut_keys | All Shortcut Keys]]


* [[LSL Portal]] | [[LSL 101]] | [[LSL 101/A Gentle Introduction]]
* [[Viewer 2 Tweaks]]
* [[User:Zai_Lynch | a ''sweeeet'' user page]] <br />


[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki Editing]


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Revision as of 18:50, 28 March 2013

Basic Info

Start at this wiki's HUD page, and make a simple HUD as an exercise. You could make a HUD to gather information about locations you visit. 

Start by creating a practice HUD
1. rez and edit a small prim (cube)
2. make it small: 0.1 m x 0.1 x 0.1. 
3. name the obj PracticeHUD
4. Add a New Script in Contents tab 
    (just keep the default script, for now)
5. TAKE the obj into Inventory.
6. Right-click new obj in Inventory and select:
    Attach to HUD > Center

You should see your cube prim appear in center of viewer. Touch it to see the New Script in action. Right-click the HUD and select Edit. We can edit a HUD while we are wearing it. Cool, eh?

Consider: What if you had a HUD that chatted details about each location you visited? You could get region name, coordinates, even the name of the land owner. Then, it is easy to gather that data from your [chat log] to use when posting images online, or in a blog.



Helpful Links

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