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Ivanova Shostakovich

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12-06-2007 13:46

Is it possible, using a texture-animating script, to animate the texture of my avatar's eye. Or do I have to put my texture on a pair of prim eyes and animate that?

Tod69 Talamasca

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12-06-2007 14:22

From what I understand, cuz I tried it myself, you can't script a texture on an Avatar- which includes the eyes.

So you'll probably have to do like I did an make a pair of scripted Prim Eyes, which is total Pain-In-The-Ass to line up.

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Ceera Murakami

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12-06-2007 14:26

Avatar eyes already do random blinks and follow where you look. But no, you can't script them to do an animated texture, like flaming irises...

Prim eyes can easily be texture animated. Furry avatars do it all the time. But prim eyes on an otherwise non-prim head will look VERY strange...

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Chosen Few

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12-06-2007 16:54

Actually, if properly aligned, prim eyes with animated flames or something on them in non-prim avatar head would probably look pretty damned cool. You'll just want to make a couple of spheres that are ever so slightly larger than the actual eyeballs, and attach them to the eyes. I've put lights in eyes before, but it never occurred to me to do something animated. I'll have to play.

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Rhaorth Antonelli

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12-06-2007 18:13

I have seen some ppl with animated eyes, looked cool

and yes done via prims, no other way to do it

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Tod69 Talamasca

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12-06-2007 20:39

From: Chosen Few

Actually, if properly aligned, prim eyes with animated flames or something on them in non-prim avatar head would probably look pretty damned cool. You'll just want to make a couple of spheres that are ever so slightly larger than the actual eyeballs, and attach them to the eyes. I've put lights in eyes before, but it never occurred to me to do something animated. I'll have to play.

OMG! I would've thought you'd have tried that one by now Chosen?

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Ivanova Shostakovich

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Thank you

12-09-2007 15:15

Thank you for all your replies and advice. Now I'll go hunt for a texture animator. I believe I saw something about that at Robin Sojourner's places.

Sylvia Trilling

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12-09-2007 17:34

Animating textures is pretty basic scripting. See
http://www.kan-ed.org/second-life/using-LSL.html#texture

I got good results with prim eyes for my bush baby which needed to be just a bit bigger than the avatar eyes. The prim eyes move from side to side, following the movement of the avatar's eyes.

Chosen Few

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12-09-2007 18:21

From: Sylvia Trilling

bush baby

At the risk of diving off topic for just a minute, did you mean one of these:

or one of these:

?

One is a subhuman primate with limited intelligence. The other is not the president of the United States.

Sorry, couldn't resist that one.

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Sylvia Trilling

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12-09-2007 18:46

From: Chosen Few

At the risk of diving off topic for just a minute, did you mean one of these:

or one of these:

?

One is a subhuman primate with limited intelligence. The other is not the president of the United States.

Sorry, couldn't resist that one.

The one that is a subhuman with limited intelligence has no interest in what is actually happening in his world, so no, his eyes don't move.

Chosen Few

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12-09-2007 20:10

Not sure why this double posted. Internet hiccup, maybe. Ignore this copy.

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12-09-2007 20:10

I just read a couple of articles about bush babies, since this thread got me curious about them. Apparently their eyeballs don't actually move. They move their entire heads instead.

From: http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_bushbaby.html

A Bushbaby's eyes cannot move in their sockets, and so the head is continually active when searching for prey.

From: http://books.google.com/books?id=bHZ0u6_I-gkC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=bush+babies+unable+to+move+eyes&source=web&ots=0BQgFPI4W8&sig=KUFVTVsHWDQUrw33pdeuQRZ55W8

Their ability to turn their heads through 180 degrees compensates for beng unable to move their eyeballs within the sockets.

Misappropriated animation?

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Kleeky Diage

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prim eyes?

12-26-2007 21:33

I'd never heard of that - I thought they could only be textures. How does one make prim eyes - regardless of how difficult it is - are there tutorials for this sort of thing?

Robin Sojourner

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12-27-2007 12:19

Umm.. remind me not to read the forums when I'm drinking water...

And yes, I do have those scripts at my Texture Tutorial, in Livingtree.

All set to go, and formatted to be as easy as possible to tweak. (No actual scripting knowledge required.)

The SL URL of the Texture Tutorials is
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Livingtree/127/99/25/?title=Texture%20Tutorials&msg=Self-paced%2C%20in-world%2C%20comprehensive%20tutorials%20by%20Robin%20%28Sojourner%29%20Wood.%20Covers%20prims%20and%20avatar%20textures.

I have a question for those of you who've made prim eyes for the human avatar.. can they be scripted to move like the Linden eyes do?

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Aki Shichiroji

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12-27-2007 14:17

From: Robin Sojourner

I have a question for those of you who've made prim eyes for the human avatar.. can they be scripted to move like the Linden eyes do?

I simply attach prim eyes to the eye attachment points and position as necessary. The eyes move normally once that's done. The only problem i've come across with the prim eyes is LoD... which can be somewhat rectified by using very small spherical sculpties instead.

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Desiree Bisiani

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12-27-2007 15:04

From: Ceera Murakami

Avatar eyes already do random blinks and follow where you look. But no, you can't script them to do an animated texture, like flaming irises...

Prim eyes can easily be texture animated. Furry avatars do it all the time. But prim eyes on an otherwise non-prim head will look VERY strange...

Actually, I have an amazing pair of prim eyes from True Skinz http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lux%20Prometheus/242/45/22 . They are more real looking to me than non prim eyes and took very little adjusting. Oh...and I don't have a prim head--am just a standard female avi. Smiles.

And yes, like has been mentioned earlier, because you attach them to the eyes, they move and glance around just like your standard avi eyes do.

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Animated eye textures - Options?
Ivanova Shostakovich Fire Resistant Join date: 1 Oct 2007 Posts: 98	12-06-2007 13:46 Is it possible, using a texture-animating script, to animate the texture of my avatar's eye. Or do I have to put my texture on a pair of prim eyes and animate that?
Tod69 Talamasca The Human Tripod ;) Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 4,107	12-06-2007 14:22 From what I understand, cuz I tried it myself, you can't script a texture on an Avatar- which includes the eyes. So you'll probably have to do like I did an make a pair of scripted Prim Eyes, which is total Pain-In-The-Ass to line up. _____________________ really pissy & mean right now and NOT happy with Life.
Ceera Murakami Texture Artist / Builder Join date: 9 Sep 2005 Posts: 7,750	12-06-2007 14:26 Avatar eyes already do random blinks and follow where you look. But no, you can't script them to do an animated texture, like flaming irises... Prim eyes can easily be texture animated. Furry avatars do it all the time. But prim eyes on an otherwise non-prim head will look VERY strange... _____________________ Sorry, LL won't let me tell you where I sell my textures and where I offer my services as a sim builder. Ask me in-world.
Chosen Few Alpha Channel Slave Join date: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 7,496	12-06-2007 16:54 Actually, if properly aligned, prim eyes with animated flames or something on them in non-prim avatar head would probably look pretty damned cool. You'll just want to make a couple of spheres that are ever so slightly larger than the actual eyeballs, and attach them to the eyes. I've put lights in eyes before, but it never occurred to me to do something animated. I'll have to play. _____________________ . Land now available for rent in Indigo. Low rates. Quiet, low-lag mainland sim with good neighbors. IM me in-world if you're interested.
Rhaorth Antonelli Registered User Join date: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 7,425	12-06-2007 18:13 I have seen some ppl with animated eyes, looked cool and yes done via prims, no other way to do it _____________________ From: someone Morpheus Linden: But then I change avs pretty often too, so often, I look nothing like my avatar. They are taking away the forums... it could be worse, they could be taking away the forums AND Second Life...
Tod69 Talamasca The Human Tripod ;) Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 4,107	12-06-2007 20:39 From: Chosen Few Actually, if properly aligned, prim eyes with animated flames or something on them in non-prim avatar head would probably look pretty damned cool. You'll just want to make a couple of spheres that are ever so slightly larger than the actual eyeballs, and attach them to the eyes. I've put lights in eyes before, but it never occurred to me to do something animated. I'll have to play. OMG! I would've thought you'd have tried that one by now Chosen? _____________________ really pissy & mean right now and NOT happy with Life.
Ivanova Shostakovich Fire Resistant Join date: 1 Oct 2007 Posts: 98	Thank you 12-09-2007 15:15 Thank you for all your replies and advice. Now I'll go hunt for a texture animator. I believe I saw something about that at Robin Sojourner's places.
Sylvia Trilling Flying Tribe Join date: 2 Oct 2006 Posts: 1,117	12-09-2007 17:34 Animating textures is pretty basic scripting. See http://www.kan-ed.org/second-life/using-LSL.html#texture I got good results with prim eyes for my bush baby which needed to be just a bit bigger than the avatar eyes. The prim eyes move from side to side, following the movement of the avatar's eyes.
Chosen Few Alpha Channel Slave Join date: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 7,496	12-09-2007 18:21 From: Sylvia Trilling bush baby At the risk of diving off topic for just a minute, did you mean one of these: or one of these: ? One is a subhuman primate with limited intelligence. The other is not the president of the United States. Sorry, couldn't resist that one. _____________________ . Land now available for rent in Indigo. Low rates. Quiet, low-lag mainland sim with good neighbors. IM me in-world if you're interested.
Sylvia Trilling Flying Tribe Join date: 2 Oct 2006 Posts: 1,117	12-09-2007 18:46 From: Chosen Few At the risk of diving off topic for just a minute, did you mean one of these: or one of these: ? One is a subhuman primate with limited intelligence. The other is not the president of the United States. Sorry, couldn't resist that one. The one that is a subhuman with limited intelligence has no interest in what is actually happening in his world, so no, his eyes don't move.
Chosen Few Alpha Channel Slave Join date: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 7,496	12-09-2007 20:10 Not sure why this double posted. Internet hiccup, maybe. Ignore this copy. _____________________ . Land now available for rent in Indigo. Low rates. Quiet, low-lag mainland sim with good neighbors. IM me in-world if you're interested.
Chosen Few Alpha Channel Slave Join date: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 7,496	12-09-2007 20:10 I just read a couple of articles about bush babies, since this thread got me curious about them. Apparently their eyeballs don't actually move. They move their entire heads instead. From: http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_bushbaby.html A Bushbaby's eyes cannot move in their sockets, and so the head is continually active when searching for prey. From: http://books.google.com/books?id=bHZ0u6_I-gkC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=bush+babies+unable+to+move+eyes&source=web&ots=0BQgFPI4W8&sig=KUFVTVsHWDQUrw33pdeuQRZ55W8 Their ability to turn their heads through 180 degrees compensates for beng unable to move their eyeballs within the sockets. Misappropriated animation? _____________________ . Land now available for rent in Indigo. Low rates. Quiet, low-lag mainland sim with good neighbors. IM me in-world if you're interested.
Kleeky Diage Registered User Join date: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 4	prim eyes? 12-26-2007 21:33 I'd never heard of that - I thought they could only be textures. How does one make prim eyes - regardless of how difficult it is - are there tutorials for this sort of thing?
Robin Sojourner Registered User Join date: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 1,080	12-27-2007 12:19 Umm.. remind me not to read the forums when I'm drinking water... And yes, I do have those scripts at my Texture Tutorial, in Livingtree. All set to go, and formatted to be as easy as possible to tweak. (No actual scripting knowledge required.) The SL URL of the Texture Tutorials is http://slurl.com/secondlife/Livingtree/127/99/25/?title=Texture%20Tutorials&msg=Self-paced%2C%20in-world%2C%20comprehensive%20tutorials%20by%20Robin%20%28Sojourner%29%20Wood.%20Covers%20prims%20and%20avatar%20textures. I have a question for those of you who've made prim eyes for the human avatar.. can they be scripted to move like the Linden eyes do? _____________________ Robin (Sojourner) Wood www.robinwood.com "Second Life ... is an Internet-based virtual world ... and a libertarian anarchy..." Wikipedia
Aki Shichiroji pixel pusher Join date: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 246	12-27-2007 14:17 From: Robin Sojourner I have a question for those of you who've made prim eyes for the human avatar.. can they be scripted to move like the Linden eyes do? I simply attach prim eyes to the eye attachment points and position as necessary. The eyes move normally once that's done. The only problem i've come across with the prim eyes is LoD... which can be somewhat rectified by using very small spherical sculpties instead. _____________________ Also See: Blog \| Flickr \| Illustration
Desiree Bisiani Furniture Designer Join date: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 189	12-27-2007 15:04 From: Ceera Murakami Avatar eyes already do random blinks and follow where you look. But no, you can't script them to do an animated texture, like flaming irises... Prim eyes can easily be texture animated. Furry avatars do it all the time. But prim eyes on an otherwise non-prim head will look VERY strange... Actually, I have an amazing pair of prim eyes from True Skinz http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lux%20Prometheus/242/45/22 . They are more real looking to me than non prim eyes and took very little adjusting. Oh...and I don't have a prim head--am just a standard female avi. Smiles. And yes, like has been mentioned earlier, because you attach them to the eyes, they move and glance around just like your standard avi eyes do.