Hey Guys!
This is Dre Masala, one of the co-workers on the Second Life team. Based on our first experiences with Second Life, we have managed to put together a work of art known as the Domino Build. This is a stucture with a stand-like base and a tube that allows a ball to go through the stand and fall into the chute. This allows the ball to roll down and to have enough contact with dominoes in order for them to fall down.
My team and I have been working on this project for over two weeks now, and have built everything. However, we are still struggling to actaully make the ball hit the dominoes. Today in class was our first day to put our skills to the final test and what made it better was that we actually filmed it! Despite the fact that we didn't reach our goal, we were almost there in terms of positioning the dominoes in the right way. However, towards our last few tries, our computers were quite laggy, so as a result we had to leave it for another day.
This class was really exhilerating as we had never before actually experienced the ball going through and hitting down the dominoes to make them fall. To keep track of progress in Second Life, you are able to create screen shots of anything you wish. For filming, we used a program built into the Second Life client program that records streaming video of everything your avatar sees. The technique is called Machinima.
When filming there should be a heading in your menu bar ( this is in world ) that you just press in order to start filming. The file size is very large and requires compression but it is high quality! These films will be posted up on the blog later on when we have edited them. Overall, with starting Second Life new, I really do enjoy it, being able to interact with people in a second world, and being able to build things so easily! I'm looking forward to making our Media Center with my team and being able to go inside and look at what we have done! Can't wait!
Thanks,
Dre Masala
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The domino build was quite difficult to coordinate, given the heavy lag of the school computers. Asif and I had got it to work by ourselves, but unfortunately were not able to record it. Hopefully it will work tomorrow!
Machinima laggs the computer to an unbearable extent. Dont get me wrong, it is a great program to have on Second Life, but if one doesnt have a fast internet connection, the one should not even consider using it. It was also difficult to change camera angles due to the lagg. Otherwise, it was somewhat of a success. We now know how to take the footage. Expect some videos comming up. Good job Dre on the blog.
Building in SL, not too difficult. Add the lag and it's next to impossible. Myself, i was testing some scripts including a kungfu dance script for a bob the box attachment i got and didn't get much done but that was a good attempt for everyone. Better luck next time.
True, the machinima requires a fast internet connection so I think that the best method is to use an outside program that records the screen such as CamStudio. The greatest problem that we face right now is packet loss and so we need to use techniques to mimimize it, such as working in isolated sims and using a small amount of prims.
The Domino build has indeed been time consuming but at least were getting used to the ups and downs to second life! Hopefully we will be able to finally finish the project today!:D
Congradulations! When it does work can you get it on Camtasia for me? Thanks!
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