It will produce particles (fireworks), glasses and play a song when the New Year Day reaches. Check out the features below, and how to use the bottle.
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http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=482277
Demo bottle can be found at this location:
secondlife://Pippen/119/137/701/
Features
- 10 to 1 Countdown particle display.
- Happy New Year particle display.
- 2008 particle display.
- Automatically trigger the countdown when New Year Day approaches.
- Plays "Auld Lang Syne" song. (* See Notes below)
- Rezzes glass bottles around the bottle. This can also be done by touching the bottle.
- Touching a glass will give a copy of itself, which you can wear so that it shows you are drinking champagne.
- Champagne glass shows a bubble type sparkle display.
- Test mode to trigger a countdown at a specified date and time.
- Owner is shown a menu to test items, and control the time offset.
The Countdown sequence is the following:
- 10 to 1 Countdown display.
- Bottle Cork Pop sound is played.
- Champagne Pour sound is played.
- Glasses are rezzed around the bottle.
- Auld Lang Syne song is played, lasts 2.5 minutes.
- Happy New Year words erupt from the bottle, lasts 30 seconds.
- 2008 number erupts from the bottle, this plays on forever.
- Multi-colored particles erupts from the bottle, this play on forever.
How to use the bottle
To use the bottle, you will need to do the following:
- Drag the item from your inventory onto the ground.
- By default it will say this message "New Year Day will start at (PST Time): 2008-01-01 00:00 (12 am)".
- If you live in a place that does not match the PST time, you need to specify a Time Offset from the PST Time.
- Touch the bottle and a menu will appear.
- Click on the "Time Offset" menu option.
- Click on the "+1 Hour" or "-1 Hour" buttons to increase or decrease the time offset.
- Once you are happy, click on the "Ignore" button to exit.
To test the Countdown feature, you can either press the "Countdown" menu button, or you can specify a Date and Time to trigger it.
- Type into Channel 10, the Date you want the countdown to trigger.
The date needs to be in the "YYYY-MM-DD" (Y = Year, M = Month, D = Day) format.
For example: /10 2007-12-23
This will set the bottle to trigger on this date (23rd December 2007).
Note, when you rez or reset the bottle the test date will be set to the date the sim is on.
- Type into Channel 11, the Time you want the countdown to trigger.
The time needs to be in the "HH:MM" (H = Hour, M = Minute) 24 Hour format.
For example: /11 09:45
This will set the bottle trigger at 9:45 AM.
Note, if you want the bottle to be tested straight away, then its advisable to set the time a few minutres in front of the sim time.
Menu Buttons
The menu is only accessible for the owner, the buttons do the following:
Countdown - Triggers the New Year countdown and display.
Time Offset - Enters the time offset menu to allow you to specify the PST time difference to your local time.
Del Glasses - Deletes the glasses around the bottle.
Info - Information about the bottle.
Reset - Resets the bottle, it will stop everything, and reset the offset time to PST.
Play Music - Plays the "Auld Lang Syne" song.
The "Time Offset" menu will show the following buttons:
PST Time - Sets New Year Day to the PST Time.
-1 Hour - Deducts one hour from the PST Time.
+1 Hour - Adds one hour to the PST TIme.
Time Zones
Below is a list of the timezone information for several countries.
PST: (+0 hrs) : 2008-01-01 00:00 (12 am)
New York: (-3 hrs) : 2007-12-31 21:00 (9 pm)
UK: (-8 hrs) : 2007-12-31 16:00 (4 pm)
France/Germany/Italy: (-9 hrs) : 2007-12-31 15:00 (3 pm)
Greece (-10 hrs) : 2007-12-31 14:00 (2 pm)
Moscow (-11 hrs) : 2007-12-31 13:00 (1 pm)
Hawaii (+2 hrs) : 2008-01-01 02:00 (2 am)
Alaska (+3 hrs) : 2008-01-01 03:00 (3 am)
Notes
Q: Why does the music sometimes stutter during playing?
A: SL has a limitation of playing audio files of a maximum of 10 seconds. The song that is played in the bottle has been cut up into 15x 10 second blocks. When the music is played, after every 10 seconds the next piece of the song is played.
Some additional things, sometimes if your computer is doing other tasks, or the SL Sim becomes laggy, then the music may stutter a bit.
Thanks / Feedback
If you have any feedback, suggestions, problems, etc. about the product, please IM either "Pavcules Superior" or "KJ Georgette".
Thanks to "Celeste Auer" to her help in testing things.
PK Pounceworks wishes you a:
Happy New Year for 2008
