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Getting the sim picture
Smithy Zeno
ownes 9 pet cacti
Join date: 3 Aug 2006
Posts: 52
03-24-2008 17:09
Hey everyone,
I was wondering if it is possible to get the picture(texture) of the sim as it appears in the mini map and apply it to a prim via a script. Also, how do I make a sculpty of a sim? If someone could tell me how to go about both of my questions, that'd be great. Thanks.

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Very Keynes
LSL is a Virus
Join date: 6 May 2006
Posts: 484
03-24-2008 17:18
Take a look at libsl - I have done what you ask but will not give the details here as it involves non SL programs, so is borderline hacking.
Smithy Zeno
ownes 9 pet cacti
Join date: 3 Aug 2006
Posts: 52
03-24-2008 17:26
But is there any way to get the sim's texture with a script?
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Jana Kamachi
Registered User
Join date: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 111
03-24-2008 17:28
why do people keep IM'ing me about this >.>

To get the sim minimap picture, where string name iis the name of the region you want:

From: someone

key http_request_id;
string URL = "http://www.subnova.com/secondlife/api/map.php";
string SIM_NAME;
integer iLine = 0;
integer CHANNEL = 1000;
string name = "Bug Island";
default
{
on_rez(integer n){
llResetScript();
}
state_entry(){
vector temp;
list temp_name;
integer i=0;
temp = llGetScale();
http_request_id = llHTTPRequest(URL + "?" + "sim" + "=", [], "";);
iLine = 0;
temp_name = llParseString2List(name,[],[" "]);
for(i=0;i<llGetListLength(temp_name);i++){
if(llList2String(temp_name,i) == " ";){
temp_name = llListReplaceList(temp_name,["_"],i,i);
}
}
SIM_NAME = llDumpList2String(temp_name,"";);
http_request_id = llHTTPRequest(URL + "?" + "sim" + "=" + SIM_NAME, [], "";);
llSetTimerEvent(5);
}

http_response(key request_id, integer status, list metadata, string body)
{
if (request_id == http_request_id)
{
llSetTexture(body, 0);
}
}

}
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Sebastian Saramago
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Join date: 25 Sep 2005
Posts: 62
03-24-2008 17:35
From: Smithy Zeno
But is there any way to get the sim's texture with a script?


To get what yuou want I think you are looking for LandSculptor.

www.nowherevirtual.com/landsculptor

It makes a sculpty of the sim you are on, give you the texture and the file to edit the sim data in a program like blackhole. I have used it to make many maps for TP models.
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Smithy Zeno
ownes 9 pet cacti
Join date: 3 Aug 2006
Posts: 52
03-24-2008 17:38
Thanks a ton Jana, but is there a way to manually 'rip' the texture from the sim?
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Sebastian Saramago
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03-24-2008 17:41
nevermind.. landsculptor does the whole sim. It will work for sculpty.
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Jana Kamachi
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03-24-2008 17:43
>.> The minimap display is rendered as-needed by the client....you can write a bit of export code to grab it in whatever resolution you desire...
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Winter Ventura
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03-24-2008 18:05
Thanks for the script Jana, I had always wondered how to do that.
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Jana Kamachi
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Join date: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 111
03-24-2008 18:12
The scripts by me (I think xD It was near when I first came to SL), but you should thank the great people at subnova for their api.
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Tyken Hightower
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Join date: 15 Feb 2006
Posts: 472
03-24-2008 18:43
From: Very Keynes
Take a look at libsl - I have done what you ask but will not give the details here as it involves non SL programs, so is borderline hacking.

The client is open-source, so I'd hardly consider this hacking. No need to be so paranoid about this sort of thing, I'd say.

Hacking in and of itself doesn't need to have such a negative connotation, especially if you're not doing evil things. I don't think posting a way to get a picture of the sim's map is on par with a security exploit. It's not like you're running around blowing up people's stuff or hax0ring their accounts.
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Very Keynes
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03-25-2008 00:29
True, but I didn't have the code to extract the map in world, so I left that to someone who did. I actually did this with a bot to get the full terrain data and textures that I could apply in open sim to recreate a region on my home pc for testing. After getting our hands slapped for "Stealing" profile pictures, I didn’t think LL would be happy with me saying how to replicate an entire region.