How to Make an Animation Over-Rider in "Second Life"
The animation over-rider (AO) in Second Life creates lifelike movements for avatars controlled by a hud. Animations in the hud usually started in a motion capture program. When you create an animation over-rider, you modify the hud with animations and change the notecard that works within the hud's script, which allows you to set the flow of animations the way that you want your avatar to move in the world of Second Life. You need to have the animations and hud before creating the over-rider.
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Instructions
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Getting the Hud and Animations
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Launch the Second Life viewer and log in with your user name and password. Teleport to your own land, sandbox or other area with public building. Check the top menu bar for a box with a red circle, which means no building allowed. Press "CTRL + F" to bring up the search menu in Second Life and type "Public Sandbox" to find a place to build.
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Purchase a free animation override hud, such as ZHAO-II, Oracul Animation Hud or Bright AO, from the Second Life Marketplace. Many free animation huds exist on the Marketplace, but always look at permissions to the sidebar on the right. You need modify permissions to add animations and notecards into the hud, but copy permissions also helps you if you make a mistake or want a second animation over-rider for a different personality.
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Accept the inventory offer from the Marketplace with your new free animation hud. Drag the inventory box to the ground, right-click and click "Open" from the menu. Click "Copy to Inventory" in the pop up to place the hud in your inventory.
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Find animations on the Marketplace by clicking "Animations" on the left. Every AO needs animations for walking, running, standing, sitting, jumping and flying. Use the search feature to filter by "walking," "running," "stands," "sits" and so on. If you previously bought an animation over-rider that is copiable, then drag the animation hud of the over-rider to the ground, right-click and click "Open." Then drag the animations you want from the hud into your inventory from the dialog that pops up.
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Open your inventory by pressing "CTRL + i" and click "Create," then "New Folder." Rename this folder to "My First AO" or similar. Find all the animations you want to add to your animation over-rider and drag into the new folder.
Creating the Animation Over-Rider
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Click and drag your free animation hud from your inventory to the ground in Second Life. Right-click the hud object and click "Edit." In the build menu, click the "Content" tab.
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Find the notecard marked "Default" in the "Content" tab and double-click to open. Every hud has a particular configuration notecard in the content tab that contains a code to work with the scripts. The notecard might be named something different such as "Set0" or "All Stands." The notecard has text fields labeled "[Stand]" or "[Walk]" that indicate where you input the animation name. Fields are marked by "[ ]" to work with the scripts in the hud.
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Enter the names of the animation to the right of each text field for the particular animation type. For instance, enter "Stand1" to the left of "[Stands]" if you only have one stand. However, if you have more than one animation in a row that you want to play. Enter the following string after "[Stand]": Stand1|Stand2|Stand3 -- Each animation separates by a "|" symbol. This is not the "L" key but the symbol above the back slash key on your keyboard. Once finished filling in the animation names, click "Save." The notecard automatically saves to your hud.
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Click the first animation in your "My First AO" folder in your inventory, then hold down the "CTRL" key and click down the list to select all of the animations in the folder. Click and hold the selected animations. then drag to empty box underneath the content tab. Drag each animation individually into the content tab if easier for you. All of your animations should now be in your hud, which automatically saves the new information.
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Click the "X" of your build menu. Right-click your hud object and click "Take." The hud goes back into your inventory. Right-click the hud in your inventory and pick "Wear" from the drop-down menu.
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Tips & Warnings
Double-click any notecards that came with the hud to read up on its information. While most huds use the standard "[ ]" and "|" marks, others use commas and supply more specific details on using the particular hud.
