Perc Waco Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 So I know LSL does not have capability to actually write text onto an object but have noticed things like the contest boards are able to place text like avie names and such on the object. How does one go about doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkie Minotaur Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 What you are looking for is usually referred to as 'text on a prim'. Basically, there are two way to do that: Either place media on a prim (shared or parcel media - the first can only be done and seen with a v2 based viewer, the latter only onm one parcel and only one set of content per parcle) Use textures for the characters - there are a number of ready made scripts and textures in the scripting library e.g. this one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perc Waco Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Thanks! Very useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkie Minotaur Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 the last link pouints to the scripting library - I wanted to point at a certain script - so here's the link XyzzyText Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Void Singer Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 actually parcel media can be set for multiple people (use PARCEL_MEDIA_COMMAND_AGENT for each one), but they will each see the individual content, and only one type of content at a time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perc Waco Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Yep, that is the one I found in the library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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