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GranddadGotMojo

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  1. I have run the multiple viewers before, but, was hoping for a solution that could easily handle ten or more Avis.  That why I was wondering if somehow I could use a lighter client than the SL viewer.  I will also look through the documentation Rolig.  Thanks. 

  2. I have gotten back into Second Life after nearly a ten year absence.  I am interested in doing Machinima of my music I have recorded and would like to have a number of Non Player Characters that I control with animations like dancing in the videos.  I am left somewhat confused about how to go about this after having read some things on the internet about SL:bots, Scripted Agents, etc.  Is there a good resource describing in detail how to do this?  I need to understand the steps to be able to do this.  Something like this:

    • Create an Account
    • Mark the Account as Scripted Agent
    • Start a Client to Control the Scripted Agent
    • Animate the Characters

    I have logged in with two clients controlling two characters before but that seems like a lot of wasted PC resources since I am only playing my main character.  The main questions I have are:

    • Can I run a scripted agent avatar without having a running SL Viewer on my desktop for each NPC I set up?
      • Is there a lightweight client that could launch them instead of the Viewer
      • Do I need to run a client at all?
      • I have read about smartbots and the services, but, since I am just using these NPCs for shooting the videos and not as chat bots or greeters it seems an overkill
        • Also I have a pretty powerful PC and a lot of bandwidth so paying for this type of service seems like just spending money
    • Is there any software I can buy or get for free that will do what I want to do?

    Thanks for reading this.

  3. Thanks everybody for the comments.  In the last 10 years, I have done game development in Unreal Engine (including scripting) and a lot of 3D modelling in 3DS Max and Maya, so, I am quite excited about looking into doing meshes and rigging in Second Life.  I owned a couple of dress shops back in the day run by my female alt (Dixie Starr), so, I will also look into doing clothes at least for myself.  Also, I plan on doing some "clubbing" to check out the music scene and see if I want to get into that again.  Thanks again and I am glad to be back home!  A couple of pics from back in the day.

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    DixieStarrFashoin.jpg

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  4. I was an active SL resident for 3 years from 2004 to 2007.  I did a lot of things in SL including being active in the art community, playing music, hosting game shows, writing LLScript, doing a lot of building and getting involved in volunteering/charity.  So, what has changed?  Besides being more than rusty as I went and used the viewer, what should I be looking to do now 10 years later.  I see it still lags :)  .....   Just wanted to say "hi again". 

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