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Derriks Scaggs
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Join date: 6 Oct 2006
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12-09-2007 09:40
I'm sure someone already has asked this question. But you know when you talking in 2L and your AV does the typing animation. Is there a way to turn that off so your hands don't move when you chat.
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Raymond Figtree
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Join date: 17 May 2006
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12-09-2007 09:46
Yes there is. Someone will be along shortly to tell you how. You have to set something as "false" from your dropdown menu. I'm not online and forget how to do it, but it is possible.
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Isabeau Imako
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12-09-2007 09:49
Client/Debug/PlayTypeAnim/False
If you don't already have access to the Client menu, MAC = COMM/alt/shift/D PC, not sure(?) CTRL/shift/D  |
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Raymond Figtree
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12-09-2007 09:50
Client/Debug/PlayTypeAnim/False If you don't already have access to the Client menu, MAC = COMM/alt/shift/D PC, not sure(?) CTRL/shift/D _____________________
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Hiro Queso
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12-09-2007 09:51
Type
/0 before your message. |
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Bee Mizser
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12-09-2007 11:48
Client/Debug/PlayTypeAnim/False If you don't already have access to the Client menu, MAC = COMM/alt/shift/D PC, not sure(?) CTRL/shift/D Yep that's the one... I remember it from Torley's tip of the week, some weeks ago.... |
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Sally Silvera
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Join date: 17 Feb 2007
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12-09-2007 11:57
Type /0 before your message. Just / is enough, but turning it off in teh debug is even easier. _____________________
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Avion Raymaker
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Join date: 18 Jun 2007
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12-09-2007 11:58
So, I'm not criticizing, but just curious: Wouldn't communication be much more difficult without the chat animation, signifying someone is about to say something? I think it's there to compensate for all the problems associated with the time delay in typing.
I also think it's really cute. It's SOOO Second Life. |
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Sally Silvera
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Join date: 17 Feb 2007
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12-09-2007 12:01
So, I'm not criticizing, but just curious: Wouldn't communication be much more difficult without the chat animation, signifying someone is about to say something? I think it's there to compensate for all the problems associated with the time delay in typing. I also think it's really cute. It's SOOO Second Life. Having the typing animation off can be very confusing in normal conversation, certainly. But at llive music events for instance, the clicking is really annoying. That's why I have it turned off as standard and only turn the typing to true if I see it's causing confusion. _____________________
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Pinky Vought
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Join date: 23 Nov 2007
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12-09-2007 12:18
It's also nice to turn off the animation when you want to have a private IM with someone and you don't want others to know you're talking to that person.
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Sally Silvera
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Join date: 17 Feb 2007
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12-09-2007 12:36
It's also nice to turn off the animation when you want to have a private IM with someone and you don't want others to know you're talking to that person. The animation doesn't work for IMs AFAIK _____________________
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Mistyn Laval
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Join date: 16 Apr 2007
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12-09-2007 12:40
I didnt know about that area at all, the area where you turned it off. Doing a bit of digging around now...glad I saw this.
I think I will end up leaving the chat animation off, it doesnt work consistantly anyway. There are times I am typing and my av doesnt, and times I'm not and my av does. People never know with me lol |
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Avion Raymaker
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12-09-2007 13:05
The animation doesn't work for IMs AFAIK Right Sally, it doesn't run in IM, and it doesn't need to. For one, you get a "so and so is typing" message. You also don't run the risk of the person saying "Bye" and walking away before you're done typing, because they get your IM no matter where you are. |
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Novis Dyrssen
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Join date: 6 May 2007
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12-09-2007 13:23
Somehow related, I read somewhere that instead of the typing animation, you can use overrides. Now, the laptops I have seen everywhere, but what I found lovely was something like you'd conjure up a ball of energy between your hands, with letters streaming from it. That looked absolutely awesome - anybody ever seen that inworld and knows where to get it?
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12-09-2007 14:20
Somehow related, I read somewhere that instead of the typing animation, you can use overrides. Now, the laptops I have seen everywhere, but what I found lovely was something like you'd conjure up a ball of energy between your hands, with letters streaming from it. That looked absolutely awesome - anybody ever seen that inworld and knows where to get it? not that particular one... I have one where you are surounded by swirling symbols and reach out to touch them... those anims have to be a higher priority than the default typing anim (which I think is 2, there's a list in anim tips) _____________________
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Crystal Falcon
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12-09-2007 15:06
After using /0 once, you can then use // instead (until you chat on a different / channel)...
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Daisy Rimbaud
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12-09-2007 16:19
I find it very annoying if I can't see that someone is typing. I'm likely to think they've stopped talking and leave, when in fact they are just putting together a long sentence.
You can suppress the animation just by using a high-priority pose in your AO, without inhibiting the typing "state". |
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Derriks Scaggs
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Join date: 6 Oct 2006
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12-09-2007 19:50
Ah Thanks..but when I tried to get the debug to show up, it didn't work. You hit ctrl+shift+d ingame right?
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Twosteppin Jewell
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Join date: 27 Mar 2007
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12-09-2007 19:57
Ah Thanks..but when I tried to get the debug to show up, it didn't work. You hit ctrl+shift+d ingame right? _____________________
Sorry, I was temporarily lost in thought and it wasn't familiar territory.
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