Narrator

Narrator Concepts

The Narrator can provide background setting details for role-play areas in your region.

The best narrators are those which describe things that players would know in-character from being in that region, but that are not obvious from looking around.

For example, you can link areas together using directional descriptions such as "to the north, you see <building name they would not know just walking by>

Narrators are also virtual sign posts, providing a common street and location naming scheme for your region when modern-style street signs are not present.

Narrator Setup

1. Create a 10.0m x 10.0m x 0.5m prim from a cube.
2. Set it 2% transparent so you can see it with CTRL-ALT-T
3. Set the texture to DEFAULT TRANS
4. Drop in the Myriad Lite Narrator script
5. Customize the script variables in the "CUSTOMIZE THIS" section
6. (optional) Wear a Myriad Lite HUD
7. Step into the prim to see the narration description
8. Step out of the prim, and back in to verify that the narrator does not spam a second message to you

Notes

If you set RPEVENT_FLAG false, then Narrators can be used in your region without a Myriad Lite HUD, to provide region information to all visitors.

If you want to encourage your region visitors to also use the Myriad Lite HUD and be part of the full game system, leave RPEVENT_FLAG true to only show narration to players with an active HUD.

FIXME - need to add a prompt when RPEVENT_FLAG true to encourage HUDless visitors to get a HUD. Currently ignores them.

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Community

Feature Requests

If you have a feature you would like to see added to Myriad Lite Narrator, write a new feature request on the talk page for this article.

The best feature requests will have:

 Your SL name
 The name, version, and date of the script you are requesting new features in
 A description of the feature
 A sample implementation of the feature in LSL compatible with OSG and SL.

Bug Reports

If you find a bug or something that just doesn't seem right in how the Myriad Lite Narrator script works, file a bug report on the talk page for this article.

The best bug reports will have:

 Your OSG or SL name
 The name, version, and date of the script you are having problems with
 A description of the problem itself
 Steps to follow to reproduce the problem

Contributing to Myriad Lite

If you would like to contribute to the Myriad Lite project, please do!

The best contributions will have:

 Your SL Name
 A description of the contribution
 The patch, script, file, or object being contributed
 A release stating: 
 * that you intend to contribute this to Myriad Lite
 * that you are the original creator of the contribution or are legally empowered to contribute it
 * that you acknowledge this contribution can be released under the Creative Commons BY 3.0 Unported and Modified BSD (3-clause) licenses

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