Revision as of 08:31, 20 May 2012

Myriad Lite

This space allows me to release at-whim snapshots of various parts of the Myriad Lite development as I go, for testing and feedback by live users.

I will change this page as needed as I put various pieces together and all changes available here will roll up in the next Preview Release.

This page will be wiped out and started fresh each preview release.

Scripts I post here generally compile and run on OpenSim and OSgrid, but may not have ever been ported to SecondLife.

Scripts I post here generally are checked with lslint before posting, but might not always be.

FIRST

BEFORE YOU CAN USE THE SCRIPTS AND ADD-ONS ON THIS DEV PAGE

YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD AND ASSEMBLE

> > > Myriad Lite Preview 5 < < <

The dev scripts and notes below replace parts of Preview 5, but you need the rest of the system which is not fully linked below.

Recent Updates

Region CSV Server

The CSV server contains a number of tables used for the character builder in comma-separated values (CSV) format.

The Preview 5 equipment CSV table was missing a number of Resource Point (RP) costs for items.

I have calculated those and entered them into an updated table here:

1. Copy the updated Myriad Lite Equipment v0.0.1 20120424 notecard into the region server.
2. Delete the outdated Equipment v0.0.0 notecard.
3. Update line 13 of the Myriad_Lite_Equipment_Server-v0.0.1 script to point to the new notecard name.
4. Save the updated server script
5. You should see the server load the updated equipment table.

Region Settings Server

I have added an ESTATE= and ESTATEOWNER= setting to the region server, requiring an update of the default configuration and scripts.

The ESTATE settings are starting to be used by the Character Sheet Loader module to know to offer the same character to load regardless of which region in an estate you connect to.

• Myriad Lite Region Settings Server v0.0.2 20120506
• Myriad Lite Region Settings v0.0.2 20120506
• Myriad Lite Region Settings Client v0.0.1 20120513

Rumor Server

The Rumor system is intended to allow regions to offer a way for players to start anonymous, but moderated, in character rumors for all other players to find through NPCs or quests.

The Rumor System comes in two parts - a standalone server script with a notecard of "starting" or "seed" rumors that the region admin

The second part is a Myriad Lite HUD module that provides the interface for the player to the rumor server.

A better interface is planned, as well as integration with NPCs and quests.

The Rumor Server has also been upgraded from my prototype versions to allow the owner's objects (like BAM quest goals) to add pre-approved rumors.

1. Copy the Anti-Delay Manager and Node scripts from http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/AntiDelay_Node in your inventory
2. Copy the Myriad Lite Rumor Server v0.0.4 20120317 script into an inventory script
3. Create a server prim
4. Drop in the Anti-Delay Manager and one or more copies of the Anti-Delay Node script into the server prim
5. Copy the seed rumors into a notecard in your inventory
6. Edit the seed rumor notecard to contain the starter rumors you want in your region to begin with.
7. Drop the Seed rumors notecard into the server prim
8. Drop the rumor server script into the rumor server prim
9. Use the Tools Menu (v1 viewers, v2+ viewers you're on your own) to reset all scripts in the selection.
10. The server is now ready to serve rumors.

Using The Rumor System

Players

• /5 RUMOR_GET - get a rumor
• /5 RUMOR_PUT|some rumor text - add a rumor to the system, requires approval by region admin

Admins

• /5 RUMOR_MAIN - show the admin main menu
• /5 RUMOR_LIST - list currently active rumors
• /5 RUMOR_MODERATE - moderate the list of pending rumors
• /5 RUMOR_RESET - reset the entire rumor system back to seed rumors only

HUD Attachment

Have recoded all of the link message handling to allow all module scripts to be in the root prim again without endless reflections.

1. Copy all scripts below into a Myriad Lite/Dev folder
2. Create a 0.250 x 0.250 x 0.250 cube
3. Name the cube "Myriad Lite v0.1.6 dev"
4. Set it full permissions
5. Texture it with a Myriad logo.
6. Drop in the Myriad Lite Character Sheet v0.0.4 20120424 notecard
7. Drop in the Myriad Lite Module Armor v0.0.2 20120317 script from inventory
8. Drop in the Myriad Lite Module BAM v0.0.4 20120317 script from inventory
9. Drop in the Myriad Lite Module Character Sheet v0.0.2 20120513 script from inventory
10. Drop in the Myriad Lite Module Resilience v0.0.0 20120510 script from inventory
11. Drop in the Myriad Lite Module Rumors v0.0.1 20120317 script from inventory
12. Drop in the Myriad Lite Module Skill Close Combat v0.0.0 20120430 script from inventory
13. Drop in the Myriad Lite Module Skill Ranged Combat v0.0.1 20120511 script from inventory
14. Drop in the Myriad Lite v0.1.7 20120510 script last
15. Set all scripts and notecards full permissions
16. Take the new HUD into inventory
17. Attach to HUD Lower Left from inventory
18. Edit and Position on screen
19. You should see your armor piece register once the character sheet it loaded.
20. If you have a Rumor Server in the region, you should see a notice that the region supports Rumors
21. Take the HUD back into inventory to save its position

Using the new Talker/Emoter

A new roleplay talker/emoter module has been integrated into the HUD to send Out Of Character (OOC) and In-Character (IC) messages, emotes, and even thinking-out-loud.

OOC messages and To send an OOC message: /22 <message>

 Example: (( Allen Kerensky says, "this is an OOC message" ))

To send an OOC emote: /23 <emote>

 Example: (( Allen Kerensky laughs as an OOC emote ))

To send an IC message: /44 <message>

 Example: Allie Reiland says, "this is just talking out loud"

To send an IC "thinking out loud" message: /45 <thinking>

 Example: Allie Reiland thinks, 'hmmm why did they say that?'

To send an IC emote: /66 <emote>

 Example: Allie Reiland runs for the hills.

To send an IC narration message: /88 <narration>

 Example: The computer gives out a soft beep as the security software is cracked and crashes.

Using the Character Sheet Module

I've started adding multi-character support to the character sheet module.

When you enter a region or reset - you will get a drop down menu asking for which character you want to load.

There is a default option to load the hardcoded character sheet by name.

Or, you can create custom character sheet notecards by region named:

 charactername@regionname

You can have up to 11 characters per region (plus default) to pick from the menu.

I plan on adding estate support to the region settings server so you can use the same characters across an estate of regions easier, since LSL and OSSL do not support programmatically finding the current grid or estate names.

More development to do in this space, but this should get people started.

Armor Attachment

Below is a snapshot of the improved armor code I've been working on to handle power armor better and provide more hooks for armor developers to trigger their own scripted special effects on armor-related events.

Feel free to use the discussion page to ask questions or make comments.

• Myriad Lite Armor v0.0.6 20120212

1. Copy the Myriad Lite Armor v0.0.6 20120212 attachment script into inventory
2. Create an Armor attachment, named "Myriad Lite Armor (attachment pointname)"
3. Attach the armor object someplace visible in-world
4. Edit and position it onscreen
5. Drop in the Myriad Lite Armor script from inventory
6. Detach the Armor attachment back to inventory to save its position
7. Re-atttach it