OK… we get lots of these stories. But, Loki Eliot has a post titled: I cant control how you see my world.
Loki explains what he wants to improve the experiences he builds in Second Life™. He makes some good points. Check out the article.
Second Life
Things about SL
Second Life Script Sources
I recently needed to see how some things are scripted in Second Life™. I went looking for an existing script similar to what I need. I came up with these sources for free Second Life scripts.
Free LSL Scripts – This site’s domain was obviously selected for search placement: Free-SL-Scripts.com. The blog style site, once you get to the free scripts page, shows popular, recent, and after scrolling down categories of scripts. This is a great site for beginning scripters, IMO.
The site includes a great collection of tutorials on all sorts of things related to SL.
They have an in-world shop too: Phaze Demesnes.
SL Wiki Script Library – This is the script library maintained by users on the SL Wiki. It is a good collection of scripts. Some are old. A few are new.
More Griefing
Fifteen or so region owners were at the Server & Scripting meeting Tuesday. They are having horrible griefing problems and are looking for help.
Seems repeat griefers are plaguing SL. That is not news. If you have looked at these problems, you know there is no easy way to get rid of repeat offenders. Those not familiar with the technology of the Internet always think there is a technical solution. Griefing is a human nature problem as in many cases the solutions are not technical but a matter of law enforcement. We see that in games, forums, and real life where problems of violence and hate are ongoing. Humans bent on anti-social behavior find ways around the technical solutions and legal restrictions. Technology is not going to stop humans from misbehaving. Nor is government, even when it has its foot on everyone’s neck… the complete removal of freedom. People misbehave.
Second Life News 2013-21
There was no roll to the main channel this week. The grids did restart. I’m not sure why. Well, some that I was on Tuesday morning were restarting.
RC Channels
This week we have 3, I hope, packages running in the RC channels.
Blue Steel
This channel is running a revised Experience Tools package, still nothing to see. No new information about the tools or the server changes.
Tatara by Yuzuru
If you are looking for an easy way to make mesh things, this is for you. Yuzuru Jewell makes a collection of tools for making things you can upload to Second Life™. A new version of Tatara is out. Inara has done a quick review of it. See: Tatara: a furnace for creating sculpts and mesh.
The collection consists of: TATARA and ROKURO Pro SOMATO, SHIBORI, NOMI, and KUMIKI Serial Box Shop. You can find them here: KANAE PROJECT. I don’t know if Yuzuru’s tools were used to make the tank. I just thought it too nice not to show.
There are versions for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Some versions come in both 32 & 64-bit.
Firestorm Pushes Back
I tend to leave drama out of my coverage, unless I feel I can contribute something to people’s understanding of it and hopefully reduce the drama. I think it worth your time to read Jessica Lyon’s recent post on the Firestorm blog.
See: A message from Jessica Lyon.
Obviously they are getting enough abuse Jessica felt a need to speak up. She did well.