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Dwell Generating Idea: Public Particle Script Generators |
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Aaron Levy
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01-04-2006 00:20
Want to get people to stay on your land for a while? Set up some public particle generators that will spit out the script for them when they are done. It takes time to tweak the particles the way you want, so they are guaranteed to stick around for a while.
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Frans Charming
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Join date: 28 Jan 2005
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01-04-2006 00:26
On that note, i think a a particle device that responds to people around it and makes cool effects and colors, will encourage people to hang around and tp friends, just to see what sort of effects happens when 40 avies are near.
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Aaron Levy
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01-04-2006 00:27
Yeah, that would be cool, too, and would sure be more fun than the chairs.
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Siggy Romulus
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Join date: 22 Sep 2003
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01-04-2006 02:35
*singing*
Without our DI check the end is plain to see... To keep our club alive we must think laterally... Our daily dwell must increase exponentially.... We must find, 50 ways to lag a clubber... 50 ways to lag a clubber.. So rez some physical prims Jim.. Now set em to light Mike... Go stream in some porn Shaun.. Are you following me? Res a partical ball Paul, Go put on your Hair Claire! Start the dance machine Jean.. Bring that framerate to 3.... _____________________
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Margeaux Mirabeau
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Join date: 21 Sep 2005
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01-04-2006 04:02
ROTFL
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Eggy Lippmann
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Join date: 1 May 2003
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01-04-2006 04:39
Saaz Roentgen had one in Welsh, but it's way up in the air. Xylor also had a particle lab in Grey, waay back in the day... didn't he release that when he decided to open source everything he had?
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Karsten Rutledge
Linux User
Join date: 8 Feb 2005
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01-04-2006 08:06
Want to get people to stay on your land for a while? Set up some public particle generators that will spit out the script for them when they are done. It takes time to tweak the particles the way you want, so they are guaranteed to stick around for a while. I have one of these at my shop (link in sig) that does exactly this. It's low prim (7 prims, I think), supports all the options, outputs a complete and nicely formatted call to llParticleSystem() when you've got it how you like it, for L300. It's quite popular. Considering how particles start to sputter when lots of people are using them in the same area, I don't see the appeal of a public particle farm. Especially when you add a nice big bowl of lag on top of it from lots of avatars and whatever other 'public area' junk happens to be around. Also, unless your 'public area' is also a sandbox, I personally wouldn't be fond of teleporting back and forth (even with P2P, mm, rezzing) between my build and your generators. _____________________
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Burke Prefect
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Join date: 29 Oct 2004
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01-04-2006 08:20
Actually. That'd be handy. I'd also like to see some large scale multi-user puzzles.
But... that might be a ways off. So I'm going to just make a squad-based combat system along with stuff to shoot up. |
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Eggy Lippmann
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Join date: 1 May 2003
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01-04-2006 08:37
Here's a better idea, HUD particle system generators
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Karsten Rutledge
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Join date: 8 Feb 2005
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01-04-2006 08:41
Here's a better idea, HUD particle system generators That's an interesting idea, but would the particles themselves still be visible to everyone else? Seems like they would, but it'd be interesting to find out. I'll have to make a quick conversion of my generator after work and try it. _____________________
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Cocoanut Koala
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Join date: 7 Feb 2005
Posts: 7,903
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01-04-2006 09:29
*singing* Without our DI check the end is plain to see... To keep our club alive we must think laterally... Our daily dwell must increase exponentially.... We must find, 50 ways to lag a clubber... 50 ways to lag a clubber.. So rez some physical prims Jim.. Now set em to light Mike... Go stream in some porn Shaun.. Are you following me? Res a partical ball Paul, Go put on your Hair Claire! Start the dance machine Jean.. Bring that framerate to 3.... Oh dear, Siggy! You crack me up! You are truly a genius with these things! coco _____________________
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Eggy Lippmann
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Join date: 1 May 2003
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01-04-2006 12:00
That's an interesting idea, but would the particles themselves still be visible to everyone else? Seems like they would, but it'd be interesting to find out. I'll have to make a quick conversion of my generator after work and try it. Regardless of how the HUDs behave, you could still send the parameters to a public display and have multiple users collaborate using HUD attachment for the user interfaces. _____________________
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