This page contains all the articles I’ve written related to Second Life scripting.
Second Life News 2014-15 #2
Group Ban – Baker Linden is working toward getting Group Ban running grid wide in ADITI (preview/beta grid). He has a handful of small bugs to get fixed. Then he’ll figure out if he is going to be able to go to and RC Viewer or Project Viewer. If all goes well in ADITI it … Continue reading
Second Life LSL Changes
The Linden Scripting Language has gotten some new functions: integer llScaleByFactor(float scaling_factor) float llGetMinScaleFactor() float llGetMaxScaleFactor() These are the last features Andrew Linden added before leaving. The features are active in all three RC channels now. The point of these functions is the allow the uniform scaling of link sets. You can scale every item in a link set … Continue reading
Second Life News 2014-2
Recently we have seen a number of people complaining about getting disconnected, repeatedly. No one has determined if it is an SL problem or just problems local to the users being disconnected. Viewers The main release SL Viewer today is: 3.6.12-284506. I expect that to change this week. The RC viewers are now: Google Breakpad … Continue reading
Second Life News 2013-51 #2
Scripting We have a new Linden Scripting Language (LSL) function coming: llScaleByFactor(). It allows for uniform scaling of an entire linked set with one LSL call. If you size hair or shoes, you may notice the ripple of size changes as the item is scaled prim by prim. This function will provide a faster and … Continue reading
Second Life Particle Test Object
For a time I had the Linden particle test object sitting on my porch at my Second Life™ home. It is a nine prim object. So, once I got tired of it I took it down. But, you can still get a copy of it. The Old London Docks blog (written in German) has a … Continue reading
Second Life News 2013-39
This week the package that ran on Magnum last week is moving to the main channel. The Magnum package is a composite of new stuff and the stuff running on Blue Steel and Le Tigre. This package has the fixes for; llXorBase64(),llReturnObjectsByID(),llJsonSetValue(), and parcel access. A new feature is a change so that some parcel … Continue reading
Second Life News 2013-38
The information on server updates is out. The main channel will be getting an update. The package from the Magnum RC channel is being promoted. This is the package that has improved asset fetching and preparatory work for future improvements. You can read the release notes here: Second Life Server 13.09.05.280647. I doubt we will … Continue reading
Ribbon Particles in Second Life
These have been the works for some time. The server side was completed earlier this year. The Wiki was updated in the spring. But, we have not had a viewer that could display the particles. That is about to change. We should get a RC Viewer tomorrow, Friday. And as usual that might not happen. … Continue reading