I get asked a lot about my poses in-world so I thought it might be useful (I hope) to share my experience with you.
An animation overrider allows you to replace some or all of the standard animations, such as walk, stand, sit etc, that you get when you first arrive in SL, with animations of your choice. I very quickly found the standard walk animation unbearable so replaced it with a 'Sexy Female Walk' that I put in an earring, using the Francis Chung Franimation Overrider Script…ahhhh that’s better :). I now mainly use the ZHAO II that contains walk, stand and fly animations. I've not yet found any sit animations that I'm happy with so if anyone knows of any good ones...share girlfriends :D. The other major AO tool is the WetIkon. I'm going to focus on the ZHAO II cos it allows you to choose stand times, and you can have up to 12 of each animation. I wouldn't recommend this though cos you are likely to crash...oops! The ZHAO II also causes less lag but you might need to turn it off still in high lag situations, e.g. sl fashion shows.
OK, let’s get started. First, we’re gonna need to do some leg work. I would highly recommend a trip to ANIMAH Southern Paradise 50/16/2. I love their poses. The free stand poses are superb for every day use…less extreme and not all jerky compared to the usual fashion model poses. I’ve not been able to use one of the poses with my manicured nails :( but there are plenty of others to keep me happy. There are also free flying poses (I’m constantly impressing people with my graceful, wonderwoman landings…hehe).
Yadni’s Junkyard is another place for free animations…that’s where I got my walk animation from. Next stop is Winged Isle 5/163/147 for a free copy of ZHAO II.
Now for getting creative :D…you need to be somewhere you can build for this bit, so if you’re a free spirit like me and don’t have any land then you’ll have to go to a sandbox. Just put sandbox in search and you should get plenty of options.
First put the ZHAO II on the ground. It’s small so make sure you’re somewhere quiet.
Right click the ZHAO and select 'Edit' then go to ‘Contents’.
Drag your animations from your inventory into ‘Contents’.
Look for a note card in the ‘Contents’ that’s entitled ‘Default Anims’ and open. There will be a list of headings such as:
:: [ Walking ] ::
:: [ Standing ] ::
:: [ Flying Up ] ::
To the right of each heading type the EXACT name of your chosen animation. Do not leave a space between the heading and the name of the animation. Multiple animations can be separated by a vertical bar “|”. Again don’t leave a space between the name of the animation and “|”.For Example:
:: [ Standing ] ::*MM* pose 1|*MM* pose 2
If you don’t put an animation next to a heading then the standard animation will be used.
You must then save the notecard e.g. ‘My Anims’
Take back the ZHAO II and attach to HUD. Then click the white menu button, when the menu appears click Load and select the name of the notecard you just saved. You have to do this after any amendments to the notecard. You can also select Stand Time to choose how long you want your individual stand animations to last.
My Wonder Woman landing in Koreshan :D
My outfit is the Mini Kimono at Bare Rose - love June Dion
Run, little snow babies, run
Have fun!
I would love to hear from you so leave your comments so I know I’m not talking to myself…lol…it wouldn’t be the first time, or IM me in-world.
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