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needing a flame texture
Enigma Watkins
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Join date: 14 Jan 2008
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04-04-2008 00:54
Im wanting to make some candles but i cant seem to find a texture thats just a tiny flame. ive seen how they did it as far as putting 4 rows across and 4 down with transparent background, not sure im capable of doing that yet lol. does anyone know where i can get a texture to use for a candle?
Dekka Raymaker
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04-04-2008 03:56
sorry can't remember the full name but try the Particle Factory, they offer a free tiny candle particle script, you just make a wick and the flame comes out of it, so just one prim. alternatively look for candles in household item freebie boxed, you can find scripts that will work in them too.
Kahiro Watanabe
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04-04-2008 07:09
Also you can get free particles at the Particle Laboratory Sandbox
MoxZ Mokeev
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04-04-2008 07:12
Check this tutorial by Natalia Z. She offers a link to her store to pick up the candle flame.

http://www.mermaiddiaries.com/2007/03/day-158-creating-attachments-with.html
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Enigma Watkins
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Join date: 14 Jan 2008
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thanks
04-04-2008 09:53
thank you all for your help, i went to the tutorial and now i have a candle, next im going to find out if there is a way to make it flicker a bit faster :)
Enigma Watkins
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cant make the flame flicker
04-04-2008 10:26
Ok i cant figure out how to make the flame in my candle to flicker more, as it is now, it flickers a little now and then, but you have to stare at it awhile. anyone know how to make it flicker more? im still new at figuring out scripts , sorry. oh and if it helps, im using the candle script i got from that tutorial place that is listed above.
Rolig Loon
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Join date: 22 Mar 2007
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04-04-2008 14:35
And she got it from the Particle Laboratory. If I remember correctly, the parameter you want is pretty obvious. I'm not in world right now to look, but just open the script yourself and take a peek. Make a backup copy of the script and play with it to see what happens.
Ruthven Willenov
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05-06-2008 08:57
From: Enigma Watkins
Ok i cant figure out how to make the flame in my candle to flicker more, as it is now, it flickers a little now and then, but you have to stare at it awhile. anyone know how to make it flicker more? im still new at figuring out scripts , sorry. oh and if it helps, im using the candle script i got from that tutorial place that is listed above.


i assume you're using a script that looks something like this, this is a script i pulled out of a flame animation object.

From: someone

default
{
state_entry()
{
llSetTextureAnim (ANIM_ON | LOOP, ALL_SIDES, 4, 4, 0, 0, 15.0);
}
}
[/QUOTE}

the last number in that script is the float rate (how fast it "moves";) try playing with that#, higher is faster
Rolig Loon
Not as dumb as I look
Join date: 22 Mar 2007
Posts: 2,482
05-06-2008 11:01
From: MoxZ Mokeev
Check this tutorial by Natalia Z. She offers a link to her store to pick up the candle flame.

http://www.mermaiddiaries.com/2007/03/day-158-creating-attachments-with.html


Natalia did get her script from the Particle Laboratory. Her own version of it, though, has a nice tiny flame that is better than the one I got after messing with the original myself for over a half hour. I haven't worked with particle scripts enough to have an intuitive feel for which parameters to tweak when I want a gentle candle flame instead of a roaring campfire, so Natalia's flame was a godsend.