a question about Hud unpackers

[Michaelzero21]

Hello all,

I am curious if it would be possible to make a hud unpacker that might be used to distribute cards for a trading card game. something with animations similar to what Pokemon TCG LIVE, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, or Magic arena looks like (and if you haven't played any of these ill put this as a reference: https://gyazo.com/2337f6067958d66125e96ae7e09732e5


the main questions I'm curious to answer would be:

A.) is it possible to make a HUD that could act as a pack of cards similar to what is shown in the video.

B.) would it be possible to make what is within the pack random without the need of a gotcha machine.
 

I know that some clothing makers use Unpackers that are HUDs that do have animations but i wasn't sure if it was a gif or if the animations for it act as a loading bar. (Ref, CORDEWA, https://gyazo.com/4ea5658942213ea5d4788a0bc1926344

 

Thanks for the info in advance.

[Quistess Alpha]

2 hours ago, Michaelzero21 said:

A.) is it possible to make a HUD that could act as a pack of cards similar to what is shown in the video.

Yes, But. . . HUDs are just ordinary objects that are shown in front of everything else on your screen, they can do anything an ordinary SL object can do. That said, they're shown in orthographic perspective, which wouldn't look great for flipping a card like that. For the best effect, you'd need to do some alpha-flipping, and/or make clever use of a cube-prim's taper parameter.

2 hours ago, Michaelzero21 said:

B.) would it be possible to make what is within the pack random without the need of a gotcha machine.

The most usual way of making that happen is to have the items delivered by some external object. The HUD just determines which objects to tell the 'server' to deliver. Alternatively, you could make a randomized packer to fill the pack, then distribute it after it's been filled.

Speaking of Gacha, you are aware of the new(ish*) rules that prohibit the sale and purchase of randomized content items?

https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:Gacha_policy

(TL;DR, if your cards are as random as is implied by what you're asking for, they must be no-transfer, or you could ~give away free randomized packs of card (1 pack per day/week?) and sell specific cards at a fixed price)

(*gosh, almost three years ago now? time is slipping away from me x.x)

Edited August 12 by Quistess Alpha

[Michaelzero21]

this was exactly the anwsers i needed!

I wasn't aware of the new gatcha rules.

hmmm. so If if the random pack idea is what I'm looking to do the cards and packs must be no transfer?