One of my bigger needs at SL was the hability to demostrate my love. Hugging and kissing come very naturally to me, but the usual interfaces where a mess… you don’t always have a poseball near, and the hug/kiss devices had a routine (ask the avatar, press to ask permissions, wait, receive permissions, hug) that spoiled everything.
Of course you know where I am trying to go; I developed a device that keeped permissions from a given number of avatars, and let me hug/kiss them… and the interface was so crappy af first *laughs*, maybe it still is. So the trick is simply that… you press a button and ask animation permissions, and if the avie agrees the hud will keep; at last I was able to simply hug my loved ones. Since the animations are looped, the hug/kiss continues until I stop it, or the victim says “/1 stop”.
I was concerned about people misusing it, so I added a “/1 remove” command, if an avie says it while being animated, the permissions will be removed. I also limited the animation range to 20 meters to keep it in hearing/shout range.
Since I am pretty tall for SL standards, I maked the default animations from taller to smaller, but activating the reverse button will, well, reverse it :-p. Of course, editing the configuration notecard will have a more permanent effect (exchanging the animation order on it), and will let you add your own anims, selecting if they affect you, others, or everybody under the Pandora’s control.
The default range is 10 meters, good for mass hugs or playfull dances, but I usually have mine set to only one meter; I like things close and personal, without leaving my surrounding friends hugging the air :-p. But you can load a special animation, raise the range to 20 and play it on a lot of people… I love the group Tai-Chi on the morning :-).
Before releasing I added some more animations, like a “rest on wall” one that I really like and some freebie ones that I don’t like so much, and settled for what I think it is a very reasonable price, 395L$. Put it in a shop and at SL Exchange, and hoped to get a bit of money to pay for all the hours of effort…
OMG, it payed :-)
Ok, not in terms of RL money, I’ve not retired a dollar from the account and keep spending it almost as quick as I get it, (mainly at Pandora’s Peace, the silent park proyect), but still is a lot of SL money, and I feel a bit guilty.
With time I’ve been thinking about new animation sets, and adding new capabilities, most of them suggested by nice people that told me without asking anything for their ideas; not that I whould give them a cent… but some had earned a hug :-).
I am still working on a batch of new devices, but in a pair of weeks I hope I’ll have ready some freebie items for your Pandora Hud, an update pack, animations, modular devices that you can choose to add (AO, autorezzers, etc) and more.
One of the things people likes less is the Pandora doesn’t lock you automatically, you have actually to walk and get yourself right before hugging, and sometimes you have to turn the avies a bit so the hug matchs. I did it that way because some animations doesn’t work face to face, like the back hug. But I’ll probably add an optional lock system you can activate for face to face anims.
Another problem (and advantage) is that Pandora isn’t poseball based, so it only works on standing animations… if you play a lay on floor, you can end floating if your avatar is too tall over the average size, and underground if it is too small… I hate when it happens, so I’ll release new animations for avatars of different heights. Thanks to Shan and Katrina, I’ve already created one oriented for very small people (btw, while I don’t like the word “midget” PC therms seems silly and demeaning, but maybe I don’t understand it because I am from Spain; btw, I don’t believe in censorship, too, even if this picture will not go to the vendors because it shows a nipple, sigh).
So, the conclusion is you should keep buying the Pandora *winks*, practice a bit with it and, soon, very soon, you will have new fascinating options to use with it. And if you want something special added, like a specific animation, this is the best moment to tell me; add a comment here :-)
Hehe.. Excitement! Nipplies! .. erm.. even if they’re mine.
Great! :)
*giggles at Katrina*
I’m looking forward to the update to it… so far everyone pretty much loves my ability to take catnaps everywhere and how I can do the little cat rubbing your legs bit… And it is nice to be able to hug anyone that’s given me permission, the kiss though can look kinda weird (OMG my heads inside yours!), but that’s ok.. ;)
I’ve been working on an AO with modules for other things though… But I don’t yet understand how to make HUD’s, so my AO is a micro-prim nose stud…
Katrina, I think the same :-)
Ana, I think the same :-)
theshadow, I think the… uppps :-) A hud is simply a set of touchable prims linked and attached to your screen. The menu is a bit more complicated, but if you are interested there are very good examples at http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL_Portal
I hope you find usefull, and remember to IM me with any doubt you have :-).
I’ve been using your HUD for 2 days now and I have to say I absolutely love it, it’s a great device and I can’t wait to see what updates you have in store for it.
Jay
Thanks, Jay… I cannot wait to see them, too, but I am soo lazy :-)
LOL Me too I went from writing one blog a day to one a week.
Lazy Jay
Btw. And on SLboutique? (now OnRez?)
I tried to get an old account working and wasn’t able to link to my wallet; then I readed they where having a lot of problems, so I let it pass (I have enough with SL Ex already).
Anyway, I have OnRez on my list of things to do and, after waiting some days to check they are stable, I’ll give it another try :-)
still works great in 2023 :) its a shame dances are so expensive now to put into it