Texture changing, and Texture keys?

For a while now...I've had this master plan of having a HUD that could change the texture on my avatar's body, without the need for the texture to be loaded in the area I want changed. And originally, after studying things like what C-tech uses, I thought it would be impossible without a server of some kind.

Looking into it though, I started hearing stuff about texture keys, and UUIDs..and it SOUNDED like the kind of thing that would be perfect to use..but I also hear rumors that its not allowed. So..whats the verdict? Can I use them, if I constrain them to my own, home made textures? Do I gotta get my own server? ><

to use the UID of a texture it has to be full perms, I am not sure if u can apply a UID as a texture to your avatar however. It is priamrily used for changing textures on prims
things like Windows, shoes, entire buildings, the imagination is the only limit really.

To *obtain the UUID from a texture in your inventory in-world*, you need full perms on it. However, any script can apply any texture to a prim if supplied with that texture's UUID, regardless of who has what permissions on it.

You can't.

To clarify..by "avatar" I meant "Furry avatar" meaning prims. Lots and lots of prims. And again..using UIDs is something I can do then?

Ah, applying them to attachments, that's no prob. And yes, just pass the UUID to the texture-changing function, and it should work fine.

How do you find the UUID of a texture inworld?

Right click the texture in your inventory (not the objects contents folder) and select "Copy Asset UUID" (or something like that, sry not in SL atm). It will copy the UUID to your clipboard for pasting into your code. I think the same applies to sounds and animations.

Lyn

Thx Lyn

It applies to any item in your inventory, permissions permitting, of course. (not that knowing the UUID of a clothing item or an avatar shape is all that much use...)