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How do you make Avatars Dance

Lucianna Mirajkar
Registered User
Join date: 18 Nov 2008
Posts: 5
11-18-2008 04:25
Kinda new at this
Dekka Raymaker
thinking very hard
Join date: 4 Feb 2007
Posts: 3,898
11-18-2008 04:30
You put your left leg in
You put your left leg out
You put your left leg in
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about...

or

It's just a jump to the left.
And then a step to the right.
With your hands on your hips.

You bring your knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane.
Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.
Dekka Raymaker
thinking very hard
Join date: 4 Feb 2007
Posts: 3,898
11-18-2008 04:32
More seriously you use an external animation program to make the animation and upload the file into Second Life.
treat Pick
Wants A Leendin Bear!
Join date: 19 Sep 2008
Posts: 155
11-18-2008 05:40
buy a dance hud it cost less than 500 L i dont know if there's a cheaper one
Deira Llanfair
Deira to rhyme with Myra
Join date: 16 Oct 2006
Posts: 2,315
11-18-2008 11:27
Hi Lucianna, welcome to SL and the forum :)

You have to play a dance animation to make your avatar dance - this can be done in several different ways. You can sit on a pose ball, which contains the animation and a script to run it. You can use a dance HUD, Ball or Chimera - you click on these and select a dance from a menu - or you can just run the animation file from your inventory.

Search for Dance Animations in world and TP round a few shops - try out all the pose balls and demos and you will soon get the idea. Pick up some free ones to play with too. :)

Lots of clubs have dance balls which you can use and any number of dance poles, chairs etc., all of which are scripted to play animations.

If you get really keen and want to make your own animations, then you need an external package - check the FAQs on this forum for more information to get you started.
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Deira :)
Must create animations for head-desk and palm-face!.