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Tutorials that are needed:

Which of these is the most important:

Guns
1 (8.3%)

Vehicles
2 (16.7%)

Vending Machines
2 (16.7%)

Recording Programs
1 (8.3%)

Droid (or whatever they are)
0 (0.0%)

Other cool Misc stuff
3 (25.0%)

Security Systems
3 (25.0%)

Total votes: 12
aceofspades Tully
Registered User
Join date: 25 Mar 2006
Posts: 7
08-22-2006 19:03
The following tutorials are needed:
-Guns
-Vehicles
-Vending Machines
-Casino Machines
-Droids (or whatever they are)
-Recording Programs
-Security Systems (and doors)
-Other cool misc stuff


Can someone either tell me where a tutorial is ((ive looked a whole lot)) or just make a tutorial.
Dr Drebin
Registered User
Join date: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 66
08-22-2006 19:19
"Most Important?"

'None of the above' and, 'all of the above.' It depends on what one wants to accomplish.

However, I will agree that tutorials need to be expanded and easier to locate.

Try http://secondlife.com/badgeo/wakka.php?wakka=LSLTutorials for starters.
aceofspades Tully
Registered User
Join date: 25 Mar 2006
Posts: 7
08-23-2006 03:29
For 1 the gun tutorial is terrible. And the only actual products they cover is a jukebox, a thing that follows u and vehicles. I am a programmer and I know 5 other laguages. The basic syntax for this language is Java. But i dont know how to make actual finished products. Sure wakka has tons of articles that show you the syntax.
Strife Onizuka
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Join date: 3 Mar 2004
Posts: 5,887
08-23-2006 04:19
From: aceofspades Tully
But i dont know how to make actual finished products.


I don't mean to sound rude.

Isn't as simple as: Write script, Put script in object, Set permissions on objects & assets, Sell object.

Once you learn the syntax, it comes down to ability to work LSL logic. Best way I know to learn LSL logic is just to look at existing scripts. Though that isn't condusive to all learning styles.

A good tutorial should explain the logic behind the code and how LSL works logicaly.
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aceofspades Tully
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Join date: 25 Mar 2006
Posts: 7
Sry
08-23-2006 04:59
From: Strife Onizuka
I don't mean to sound rude.

Isn't as simple as: Write script, Put script in object, Set permissions on objects & assets, Sell object.

Once you learn the syntax, it comes down to ability to work LSL logic. Best way I know to learn LSL logic is just to look at existing scripts. Though that isn't condusive to all learning styles.

A good tutorial should explain the logic behind the code and how LSL works logicaly.

ok im sry. I didnt mean to be rude. And maybe i was....sry. Well anyway i have a question? I heard that LL is gonna change the language is this true. Also i read like 5 tutorials. On top of already knowing basic javascript. I currently know: PHP, Mysql, VB, HTML, and Java.
Don Misfit
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Join date: 1 Jun 2006
Posts: 60
08-23-2006 13:10
Ace...

LSL is pretty straight-forward. I too came in with experience in multiple other programming languages. One thing I find helpful (as I'm still learning LSL) is to write the code in a language I'm more familiar with, and then port it over to LSL, learning the LSL functions and syntax as I go along.

So if, for example, you want to build and script a vending machine, do it first in VB or Java. When you're happy with the coding logic, port it to LSL.

Sure, you'll run into some quirks, and things work a bit differently in SL, but if the program logic is sound it should go fairly smoothly.