11-12-2006 04:52
I'm new to Second Life. I've found Slingo but I'm more interested in physical activities/games.

I've seen people running around with light sabers for example. I assume that picking up a light saber is the same as equipping clothing? How do you turn it off and on and swing it if you are going to fight someone (I'm thinking of competition not fighting). Are these basic controls or scripts of some kind? And how do you know you've beat them?

Are there other physical activities like say paint ball, tennis, or laser tag, or even shooting real bullets for fun?

How about physically controlling a car or a helicopter? Once you enter/get on, are you using basic controls to drive it?

A second activity I'm interested in is creating items. I see bunches of things that have been resident created- hair for example. Is it possible to create hair in game using the sandbox tools? I've read about clothing and it seems that you need a program like Photoshop to create textures and then import them?

Any links to these kinds of activities would be appreciated!

Thanks! :)