Scripting your world : the official guide to Second Life scripting / Dana Moore, Michael Thome, Karen Haigh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Dana, 1947-

Contributor:

Thome, Michael, 1965-

Haigh, Karen Zita.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entertainment computing.

Scripting languages (Computer science).

Second Life (Game).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (560 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Official guide to Second Life scripting

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, Ind. : Wiley Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Find complete information about Second Life scripting and gain access to more than 50 previously unpublished ready-to-use scripts in Scripting Your World: The Official Guide to Second Life Scripting. Learn how to script Second Life behaviors, grouped into categories like avatar movement, communications, prim and object control, automation, land control, combat, special effects, environment control and physics, and interacting with the world outside of Second Life. After you read this engaging book, you will possess a solid understanding Linden Scripting Language conventions.

Contents:

Scripting Your World: The Official Guide to Second Life Scripting; Foreword; Dedication; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; Contents; Chapter 1: Getting a Feel for the Linden Scripting Language; SCRIPTING STRUCTURE 101; VARIABLES; FLOW CONTROL; OPERATORS; FUNCTIONS; EVENTS AND EVENT HANDLERS; STATES; MANAGING SCRIPTED OBJECTS; AN LSL STYLE GUIDE; SUMMARY; Chapter 2: Making Your Avatar Stand Up and Stand Out; MOVING YOUR AVATAR AROUND THE WORLD; ATTACHMENTS; ANIMATION; CONTROLLING YOUR ATTACHMENTS; SUMMARY; Chapter 3: Communications; TALKING TO AN OBJECT (AND HAVING IT LISTEN)

DIALOGSCREATING OBJECTS THAT COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER; USING LINK MESSAGES FOR PRIM-TO-PRIM COMMUNICATION INSIDE AN OBJECT; EMAIL AND INSTANT MESSAGING; SUMMARY; Chapter 4: Making and Moving Objects; THE PRESTO, ABRACADABRA OF REZZING; CONTROLLING MOTION OF NONPHYSICAL OBJECTS; SUMMARY; Chapter 5: Sensing the World; BUILDING SENSORS; DETECTION WITH COLLISIONS; USING GREETERS TO WELCOME VISITORS; SUMMARY; Chapter 6: Land Design and Management; A WATERFALL; SHAPING THE LAND BY TERRAFORMING; LAND SECURITY-ARE YOU ON THE LIST?; LAND INFORMATION FUNCTIONS; SUMMARY

Chapter 7: Physics and VehiclesPHYSICAL OBJECTS; VEHICLES; SUMMARY; Chapter 8: Inventory; INVENTORY PROPERTIES; GIVING INVENTORY; TAKING INVENTORY; PERMISSIONS; SUMMARY; Chapter 9: Special Effects; PARTICLE EFFECTS; TEXTURE ANIMATION; LIGHT; SUMMARY; Chapter 10: Scripting the Environment; TIME; AIR, EARTH, WATER, AND WEATHER; SUMMARY; Chapter 11: Multimedia; WORKING WITH SOUND; STREAMING MEDIA; SUMMARY; Chapter 12: Reaching Outside Second Life; LOADING WEB PAGES IN-WORLD; USING HTTP REQUESTS TO GET DATA FROM THE WEB; USING XML-RPC TO CONTROL SL FROM THE OUTSIDE; SUMMARY

Chapter 13: Money Makes the World Go 'RoundTRANSACTION BASICS; REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH; SELLING IT!; RENTALS AND SERVICES; GAMBLI...UH...GAMES OF SKILL; SUMMARY; Chapter 14: Dealing with Problems; WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?; TOO SLOW?; BE PROACTIVE!; GETTING AND GIVING HELP; PRODUCTIZING YOUR SCRIPT; SUMMARY; Chapter 15: New and Improved; THE SECOND LIFE VIRTUAL MACHINE: ON TO MONO!; RECENT CHANGES TO LSL; ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW FEATURES; ONWARD!; APPENDIX A: SETTING PRIMITIVE PARAMETERS; APPENDIX B: PARTICLE SYSTEM; APPENDIX C: SL COMMUNITY STANDARDS; INDEX A: KEY TERMS (EXCLUDING LSL CODE)

INDEX B: COMPLETE LISTING OF LSL CODE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612137099

9781282137097

1282137093

9780470422519

0470422513

OCLC:

497198091