Update: Intan Couple Dance Ball v.2.0.1.0048

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

After 1 year Intan Couple Dance Ball making its debut in SecondLife virtual world, now,
I'm proudly to announce a new version of Intan Couple Dance Ball version 2.0.1.0048.

For those who have upgraded to the Beta version (Since September 2, 2008), I would also like to thank for testing it out as well as for your input & feedback.  

The upgrade is totally FREE; just follow instruction listed on the link below.

You may upgrade at your convenience.  There is no rush.  If too many people show up to upgrade at the same time, it may over-lag the sim or even make it crash.

Note:
If you have a custom "M Poseball", You have to re-apply the customization to the new "M Poseball"
The Upgrader will replace your "M Poseball" as it may have new scripts that are incompatible with previous version

New Feature

  • MONO enabled, a new script runtime environtment
    The Mono also give more memory to script so the new Intan Couple Dance Ball may hold more dances/poses
  • Multi manager list
    Managers allowed to filter group mode and do maintenance feature
    Additional setting line: "managers: (fullname1),(fullname2),..." (comma seperated)
  • Custom Hover Text
    Default text in notecard "Titler"
  • Wearable, hide text & set transparant when weared
    To make the Intan Couple Dance Ball work on place, you need to have create object and run script on the parcel.
  • Custom Resync Time
    Additional setting line: "resync: 15,3"
    15 in second for first resynchronization, 3 in minutes for resynchronization interval
  • Support middle looped sequenced poses (e.g. Lovescene 2)
  • Support change speed for multi speed animation with Shift-Left/Right.
    But each speed still as an item in dialog menu for direct selection, and require configuration notecard update.
    When you upgrade, your configuration notecard for Bits & Bobs Dance will be automatically updated too.
  • Custom Texture on Poseball.
  • Custom Text on Poseball, get from Description of the prim
Previous change log can be seen here

UPGRADE PROCEDURE

  1. Check your couple dance version by saying "/88STATUS" near your Intan Couple Dance Ball.
    Our latest revision of Intan Couple Dance Ball is 2.0.0.0043,
    If you have version/build below that revision number, you can upgrade yours.
    Please be remember to use ALL CAPITAL on "/88STATUS"
  2. Take Your Intan Couple Dance Ball from your place.
  3. Activate Intan Eksotics Group, to enable you rezzing object at this parcel
    If you are not in the group, you can search and join for free to the group.
  4. Rez Your Intan Couple Dance Ball on the Upgrader table.
    And wait until it finish initialization.
    For old machine (version 1.0.0), it finish when it's already tell you that listening on port 88.
    For new machine (version 1.1.0 and above), it tell you when it's ready.
  5. Touch once your Intan Couple Dance Ball, just like when you want to rez poseball
    Don't jump on the rezz poseball.
    You will be sent a folder named "Intan CDB Upgrader" contain script "Intan CDB Upgrader"
  6. Drag and drop the script named "Intan CDB Upgrader" to your Intan Couple Dance Ball
  7. Just wait and see, it's better that you look around too,
    You may find some cool product at my store :)
  8. When it's finish, Your Intan Couple Dance Ball will automatically reset.
    After the initialization, you may try it first, to make sure everything work,
    or you can just take it and place at your club/home again.



Video Tutorial - Loading Process Intan Couple Dance Ball

Monday, June 30, 2008

Greeting!

Here I post video tutorial about Loading Process of Intan Couple Dance Ball.

In this tutorial, I use Bits & Bobs Slowdance v3 and Slowdance v7, and Jesse Sexy Motions Skyduet. The loading of the 3 dances should represent most common couple dances to be loaded into Intan Couple Dance Ball

  • Bits & Bobs Slowdance v3, represent most common loading process that no need to rename any animations.
  • Bits & Bobs Slowdance v7, represent loading process for couple dances that their animations need to be renamed as needed by the Configuration Card.
    Common dances that need to rename, Ballroom, Slowdance v6, Slowdance v7, Tango, and some other Bits & Bobs cuddle poses.
  • Jesse Sexy Motion Skyduet, represent loading process that have same name for male and female animation and have no-modify permission.
    Almost Jesse Sexy Motion's dances need on this way, and may some other vendor that deliver their couple dances animation in no-modify permission and have same name for male and female animation.
Please watch this 2 video tutorial at once, as I have to seperate them due the 10 minutes limitation from Youtube. If you directly watch the part 2, you may miss some important information or process that already be done in part 1.

Ps. I'm apologize at first if you find that my English is no good, as it's not my native language. Any comment or suggestion, please feel free drop IM in Second Life.
And please do not use the SL Media Browser, as it not support embed video on this page. Just open this page in your normal browser. And make sure that you able to watch video from youtube.com as the video is hosted at youtube.

Part 1

Part 2

Thank you for watching this video tutorial. I'm really hope that you manage the loading process.

Bits & Bobs, Slowdance v3, v6, v7, Ballroom, Tango are Trademark or Intellectual Property of Craig Altman.
Jesse Sexy Motion, Skyduet are Trademark or Intellectual Property of Jesse Murdock



Introducing Intan Couple Dance Upgrader!

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Introducing Intan Couple Dance Upgrader!

For you that already have Intan Couple Dance Ball, now can easily upgrade your Intan Couple Dance Ball to latest revision.
Latest Revision: 1.1.2.0026

Intan Couple Dance Upgrader is placed at our main store.
It very simple process.

  1. Check your couple dance version by saying "/88STATUS" near your Intan Couple Dance Ball. If you have version/build below current latest revision (1.1.2.0026), you can upgrade yours.
    Please be remember to use ALL CAPITAL on "/88STATUS"
  2. Take Your Intan Couple Dance Ball from your place.
  3. Activate Intan Eksotics Group, to enable you rezzing object at this parcel.
    If you are not in the group, you can search and join for free to the group.
  4. Rez Your Intan Couple Dance Ball on the Upgrader table.
    And wait until it finish initialization.
    For old machine, it finish when it's already tell you that listening on port 88.
    For new machine, it tell you when it's ready.
  5. Touch once your Intan Couple Dance Ball, just like when you want to rez poseballs
    Don't jump on the rezz poseball.
    You will be sent a folder named "Intan CDB Upgrader" contain script "Intan CDB Upgrader"
  6. Drag and drop the script named "Intan CDB Upgrader" to your Intan Couple Dance Ball.
  7. Just wait and see, it's better that you look around too, You may find some cool product at my store :)
  8. When it's finish, Your Intan Couple Dance Ball will automatically reset.
    After the initialization, you may try it first, to make sure everything work, or you can just take it and place at your club/home again.
Note:
No change to Intan Couple Dance Anyplace, so you no need to worry about that.

Update from Revision 1.1.2.0024 to 1.1.2.0026

  • Better placing poseball as recognize Avatar height
  • New setting for global height position adjustment (adjustheight: 0)
We are really proudly presenting Intan Couple Dance Upgrader, and hope give you more fantastic time in Second Life.

Sincerely,
Cecilia Zheng



Update: Intan Couple Dance Ball v.1.1.2

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Time for new revision of Intan Couple Dance Ball.

Here the list of new features in Intan Couple Dance Ball:

  • Sync button is renamed to Group
    This rename is do to avoid ambiguous the usage of Sync Button in first page one dialog menu. As Sync button is actually make the dancer with partner goes into Auto Change Mode that dance together with other that in same mode. But people often misinterpreted as Re-sync function.
  • Filter button is replaced with new menu: Tools & Help
    The Filter button still available and accessible under Tools & Help menu.
  • User Guide & HUD Giver
    Under the new Tools & Help menu, there are User Guide and HUD Giver.
    User Guide is simple notecard that give short explanation to people how to use the Couple Dance Ball. You can change the content on this notecard to be as what you want.
    HUD giver, is to simplify as you do not need extra object/prim as HUD giver. If your land denying script on visitor, it best that you disable the HUD Giver by removing the HUD from Couple Dance Ball's content.
  • Resync Button
    Still in Tools & Help menu, there is Resync button that really do the re-synchronization process. This is really optional as Intan Couple Dance Ball have automatic re-synchronization process in time.
  • Better Re-sync pose
    This new revision have separate pose for male and female. This is to make less 'collision' when you and your partner in re-sync process.
  • Adjustable Height Position
    While you are on dance, you can adjust your height position by using up (Pg Up/E) or down (Pg Down/C). Adjustment is do in 0.01 meter basis, so if you need much adjustment, you can press and release multiple times. The adjustment just hold with the poseball and will not affect other people on other poseball.
  • Less Lag Poseball
    Pair of poseballs now set as linked, and instead using 1 listener of each poseball (so 2 listener each pair) with the linked system, it just have 1 listener for a pair.
For upgrade process, currently we still do in manual process. Contact me if you want to upgrade your Intan Couple Dance Ball.

Just to refresh previous update,
Intan Couple Dance Ball version 1.1.1
Publish Date: December 26, 2007

  • Support new Intan Couple Dance HUD to easy access menu of Intan Couple Dance Ball without need pan camera
  • Re-sync function which is do in automatic in time also fired by command "/88 RESYNC" or use the new HUD
  • Tag Filtering, filter dances with tag basis for dance you like, for more convenience dance selection. The Filtered dances also affect Sequence and Random Auto Change Mode. For Sync Auto Change Mode only can be set by owner.
  • Support sequenced animations dances like Slowdances v7, or Soul Intentions.
  • More human readable of dance setting lines, as one dance set in one line. So easy for more configuration.
  • Read multiple notecard for easy process loading and configuration.