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Fluid non-lagging animated sculpties, will it become a hot item in the future?
Hikaru Yamamoto
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09-03-2009 09:19
Discuss your thoughts on fluid animated sculpties. Prims can be animated too but unless it was really simple it would just be too many prims. They are animated by llSetTextureAnim.

I'm curious how much of a demand for this animation would be in the marketplace :)
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Argus Collingwood
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09-03-2009 10:32
From: Hikaru Yamamoto
Discuss your thoughts on fluid animated sculpties. Prims can be animated too but unless it was really simple it would just be too many prims. They are animated by llSetTextureAnim.

I'm curious how much of a demand for this animation would be in the marketplace :)



Judging from the response, not many I guess ;) But....if you offer changing texture Pie-Sculpts, I bet more folks will jump on this topic. :) Maybe the "discuss" invite made folks go "oh noooooooooes, I have to think?" Perhaps a visual would help?
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Argent Stonecutter
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09-03-2009 10:54
What are you doing, a rectangular sculpt map with the animation in multiple panels and sliding a non-alpha surface texture from one part of the sculpt to another?
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Hikaru Yamamoto
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09-03-2009 11:04
From: Argent Stonecutter
What are you doing, a rectangular sculpt map with the animation in multiple panels and sliding a non-alpha surface texture from one part of the sculpt to another?


actually im using a texture with alpha to animate. each object has its own texture frame and a script.
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Hikaru Yamamoto
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09-03-2009 11:06
From: Argus Collingwood
Judging from the response, not many I guess ;) But....if you offer changing texture Pie-Sculpts, I bet more folks will jump on this topic. :) Maybe the "discuss" invite made folks go "oh noooooooooes, I have to think?" Perhaps a visual would help?


lol, well how about this then :) i made a video of them in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0MZt5GhXJk&feature=channel_page
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Wynochee LeShelle
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09-03-2009 11:17
From: Hikaru Yamamoto
Discuss your thoughts on fluid animated sculpties. Prims can be animated too but unless it was really simple it would just be too many prims. They are animated by llSetTextureAnim.

I'm curious how much of a demand for this animation would be in the marketplace :)


Hm. How can I imagine the fluid impression? Does it look (the single object) like these things which are moving up and down in Lava lamps?

Kind of "pudding-sculptie"?

I have no idea if there could be a market for that, but spontaneous I could find it interesting for artwork - and interior design for example. (Which would depend on price and permissions)
Wynochee LeShelle
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09-03-2009 11:20
From: Hikaru Yamamoto
lol, well how about this then :) i made a video of them in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0MZt5GhXJk&feature=channel_page


Hehehe, this looks promising. Not bad. :)
Argent Stonecutter
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09-03-2009 11:43
From: Hikaru Yamamoto
actually im using a texture with alpha to animate. each object has its own texture frame and a script.
That's what I said, I think.
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Marianne McCann
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09-03-2009 13:04
From: Hikaru Yamamoto
Discuss your thoughts on fluid animated sculpties. Prims can be animated too but unless it was really simple it would just be too many prims. They are animated by llSetTextureAnim.

I'm curious how much of a demand for this animation would be in the marketplace :)


I think they'd be popular in the right circumstance. It will be interesting to see what will be down the pipeline, though. I know that meshes are coming in the future, and I would not be too surprised if this causes sculpts to go the way of system shoes.
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Hikaru Yamamoto
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09-05-2009 20:26
From: Marianne McCann
I think they'd be popular in the right circumstance. It will be interesting to see what will be down the pipeline, though. I know that meshes are coming in the future, and I would not be too surprised if this causes sculpts to go the way of system shoes.



Well, like all the animals(exculding avatars) we have running around in SL all have stiff legs or slowly framed legs. Its almost painful for me to look at. So thats like my next step once i get a bit of scripting help. I already know it can be done I just don't have the scripting knowledge at the moment. But someone has offered to help me so I will be able to create them pretty soon. So imagine having a pet that follows you around with a perfectly smooth leg animation :)
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