Create
Written on 6.3.08 by Six
Introduction: In this task, you will practice moving and texturing objects.
Step 1: Log into xstreetsl.com and get a copy of the task box delivered to your avatar: "6! Shoebox Task". Open your Task Box and copy the items to your inventory.
Step 2: Get into small groups. Add each of your group members as a friend. Then, select ONE person to rez the "6! shoebox task: room" onto the ground. IMPORTANT! The same person should rez all of the items so that the owner is the same. The person who rezes the items will need to give object permissions to each of the group members. (OBJECT permissions: Click communicate. On your friends list, check the third box over next to each group member's name. For more information about permissions see Day 3: Communicate.) Now that you have your room, negotiate which item's you'd like to add and where they will go. Remember that you only have one set of materials out! If you want to duplicate an item, make sure the same person who rezed is the one who copies the item.
Step 3: Textures! Once you get everything where you want it, you can begin to texture and/or color your room. If you don't already know how to add textures to an object, please refer to Day 6: Create. For this part, everyone can work at the same time! However, you must follow an important guideline: ONLY use textures and photos from the Library section of your inventory.
Step 4: Now that your finished, make yourself comfortable in your room. With your group, prepare to describe the items you've created by thinking of at least three adjectives that describe their design and function.
Step 5: Get together with another group and visit one another's room so that you can compare. Tell each other about each item and it's location in the room. What differences are there?
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY! Take a picture of your group's room and add it to the Seconds with Six! Flickr group. (More information about posting photos is on the Student Handbook page.)
Step 6: Clean up! The same person who rezed the items should pick them up! First, create a new folder called, "[group name]'s Shoebox Room." Right click and edit an item, then press and hold shift. Without letting go of the Shift key, select all your other items by clicking them. Once you've selected all the items, right click, select "more", then "take copy" in the menu. This will pick them up as a group so that you don't lose their position in the room. If you'd like to pick up the individual items as well, take a copy of each. Put everything in you group's Shoebox folder. Finally, delete the items rezed on the ground. If you won't be working with the same group on another building task, it's a good idea to uncheck the "modify objects" box next to their name on your friend's list.
