Paddy is buying Greg's mall build. The next step on the mall is to develop promotional items for Paddy to give away to promote the Second Life Orient Express, the SLFlyer, and railroading in SL. The mall will also offer opportunities for people to sell train-related objects through vendors.
Paddy is ready to look at (and pay for) possible promotional items. I suppose that might include standard work clothes for a train engineer or conductor, a tool kit or oil can to be worn, and a shovel to be carried over the shoulder. (These are just my ideas, not requests from Paddy. He may post his own ideas later.) I am also suggesting that the items take advantage of capabilities of SL. For example, objects can incorporate particles, images, sounds, landmarks, note cards, animations, etc. Paddy is going to want to have the things include visuals with branding aspects. I will suggest that people look for clever ways to promote general railroading in SL. For example, the SLFlyer project will produce note cards with landmarks and note cards about every railroad we can find in SL. Maybe you can think of a clever way (and non-irritating) way to have an object distribute those.
This is not a competition. Paddy will probably buy several promotional items so as to have a range of offerings. He will probably accept lots of items for vending. I don't know whether he will charge to host your vendor, but I don't think he will charge much.
Paddy is open to items from anyone. I will send a notice the the Hobo's since there a lots of skilled SL artist there.
Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Monday, 5 February 2007
Plans for SLFlyer
Following is an announcement to be sent to SLFyer associates. Here, associates are destinations to be displayed by the SLFlyer posters. The instructions will accompany the Poster Hoster 3 (object) and are intended to get people to Customize the poster for their site. We will then start displaying the posters in the Grand Calleta Terminal and environs.
Private Air Trains from Grand Calleta Terminal
‘From our place to yours’
The SLFlyer is a travel service from the Second Life Orient Express (SLOE).
The flying train will be used as the brand and the transport for the service.
SLFlyer helps newcomers chose destinations in SL.
SLFlyer organizes the destinations by interest.
On visitor request, SLFlyer presents images, note card descriptions, and landmarks for selected destinations.
Destinations are selected by you, the sim-owners, who provide the images and a note card with landmark.
SLFlyer introduces the interested visitors by PR and other promotional activities I SL and RL.
The first rail hub for the SLFlyer is alongside the Rail Mall at Grand Calleta Terminal
Grand Calleta Terminal is on the GSLR, the SLRR, and the Hobo Railroad Info hub. It is thus well positioned to attract and serve newcomers to Second Life.
Later SLFlyer will operate out of other SL rail stations and transport facilities such as ferry terminals and airports as well as shopping malls and favored ‘hang-out’ areas.
Cost? Zero to set up, except some effort for the poster.
If you have a public service, SLFlyer will remain free of charge.
For other destinations, we may ask for a small rental until we drive measurable traffic to your site.
For destinations developed by RL businesses for RL advantages, we may ask for RL monies.
All that is in the future. The first objective of SLFlyer is to bring you people!
First stage?
We are sending you an object called "SLFlyer Poster Hoster." Rez it and mod the contents:
>Give the object a new name that identifies your place.
>Edit the Text Floater script to the name of your place. Or remove the current text, leaving nothing but the quotes, if you hate floating text.
>Remove the existing note card and put in a note card describing your place. Include one or more landmarks in your note card. If you place is a whole sim, for example, you may want to offer several destinations.
>Delete the current images (textures) in the poster and load it with images that tell about your place. You will want the images to be consistent in shape, but you can use square, landscape, or portrait ratios. Adjust the shape of the poster to match your images. You may want to put the place name on all the images as we have done in the examples. Or you can use images of objects for sale and put the prices on the pictures.
>You may use X-rated images, but please include XXX in the name of the object. We will present those separately in a special kiosk marked "Plain Brown Wrapper," with appropriate texturing. There will also be clear warnings about the nature of the content. These arrangements will make the XXX kiosk the busiest of our offerings.
>Optional: The poster also plays sound files. It is presently loaded with soft crowd sounds. You can add sounds that present the special ambience of your place. As with the textures, just put them in the object contents and the script will do the rest.
For further information or for help with making poster contents, contact Geo Meek. Geo is usually in world and available for Skype conferences between, 5 and 8 pm SL time.
For additional and updating information about the SLFlyer, follow the Second Life Rail blog at:
http://secondliferail.blogspot.com/
The Second Life Orient Express
Paddy Paderborn
Private Air Trains from Grand Calleta Terminal
‘From our place to yours’
The SLFlyer is a travel service from the Second Life Orient Express (SLOE).
The flying train will be used as the brand and the transport for the service.
SLFlyer helps newcomers chose destinations in SL.
SLFlyer organizes the destinations by interest.
On visitor request, SLFlyer presents images, note card descriptions, and landmarks for selected destinations.
Destinations are selected by you, the sim-owners, who provide the images and a note card with landmark.
SLFlyer introduces the interested visitors by PR and other promotional activities I SL and RL.
The first rail hub for the SLFlyer is alongside the Rail Mall at Grand Calleta Terminal
Grand Calleta Terminal is on the GSLR, the SLRR, and the Hobo Railroad Info hub. It is thus well positioned to attract and serve newcomers to Second Life.
Later SLFlyer will operate out of other SL rail stations and transport facilities such as ferry terminals and airports as well as shopping malls and favored ‘hang-out’ areas.
Cost? Zero to set up, except some effort for the poster.
If you have a public service, SLFlyer will remain free of charge.
For other destinations, we may ask for a small rental until we drive measurable traffic to your site.
For destinations developed by RL businesses for RL advantages, we may ask for RL monies.
All that is in the future. The first objective of SLFlyer is to bring you people!
First stage?
We are sending you an object called "SLFlyer Poster Hoster." Rez it and mod the contents:
>Give the object a new name that identifies your place.
>Edit the Text Floater script to the name of your place. Or remove the current text, leaving nothing but the quotes, if you hate floating text.
>Remove the existing note card and put in a note card describing your place. Include one or more landmarks in your note card. If you place is a whole sim, for example, you may want to offer several destinations.
>Delete the current images (textures) in the poster and load it with images that tell about your place. You will want the images to be consistent in shape, but you can use square, landscape, or portrait ratios. Adjust the shape of the poster to match your images. You may want to put the place name on all the images as we have done in the examples. Or you can use images of objects for sale and put the prices on the pictures.
>You may use X-rated images, but please include XXX in the name of the object. We will present those separately in a special kiosk marked "Plain Brown Wrapper," with appropriate texturing. There will also be clear warnings about the nature of the content. These arrangements will make the XXX kiosk the busiest of our offerings.
>Optional: The poster also plays sound files. It is presently loaded with soft crowd sounds. You can add sounds that present the special ambience of your place. As with the textures, just put them in the object contents and the script will do the rest.
For further information or for help with making poster contents, contact Geo Meek. Geo is usually in world and available for Skype conferences between, 5 and 8 pm SL time.
For additional and updating information about the SLFlyer, follow the Second Life Rail blog at:
http://secondliferail.blogspot.com/
The Second Life Orient Express
Paddy Paderborn
Grand Calleta Terminal
Oh my! Buildings come and go so quickly here. Qu Qi has moved the SLOE terminal to the road, adjacent to the SLRR. In its place is a "Really basic train platform, free to rebuild." Actually, it is an attractive platform, open air with glass roofing. (Qu Qi is a well-known open source developer in RL, so an open-souce platform is reasonable,)
The other trains: GSLR, Caledon, Hobo, and one from Kitty Flora toys are on nearby tracks. A great exhibit and a good way to attract new visitors to the rail facilites in Calleta and Cecropia.
This build is adjacent to my land at Thinkerer Studios so I took up the open-source offer and extanded the middle platform over my land (only 5 prims per segment). Makes good visual integration with the other platform. I am using it now to display the trial version of the Poster Poster.
The other trains: GSLR, Caledon, Hobo, and one from Kitty Flora toys are on nearby tracks. A great exhibit and a good way to attract new visitors to the rail facilites in Calleta and Cecropia.
This build is adjacent to my land at Thinkerer Studios so I took up the open-source offer and extanded the middle platform over my land (only 5 prims per segment). Makes good visual integration with the other platform. I am using it now to display the trial version of the Poster Poster.
Qu QI news items
I will pick up some things that were posted on the SLbb and post them here with comments. That will give them greater visibility and perhaps open up discussion threads. This is part of Qu Qi's post offers news about recent developements.
I've reworked the ferry that runs between mainlands. It's running most of the time these days.
The GSLR south (ie: mainline) trolley is also running most of the time these days. (thanx Garth!) Ride it to Purple to catch the ferry.
The north GSLR line is not yet running but should be soon. I have extended the track right into Hobo's and Orhalla has been working on a station on the Infohub land there. There will be a bit of a challenge as the GSLR train will have to live on non-GSLR land for a little while, but it should be ok. The ferry lives on non-GSLR land almost all the time.
The Periwinkle Infohub is being reworked at the moment. Garnet has not had the time for it lately and has graciously allowed us to pitch in. Angel and Alex are working on a new build there. It will have all the normal Infohub stuff. Any Infohub helpcards, helpprims, etc appreciated.
I rode the ferry. Pleasant trip. It stops and ANWR and terminates and the GSLR north terminal in Cecropia. When the North GSLR line is done, you could catch a train there and ride to the Hobo Info hub. Zander has probably abandoned the idea of putting a station at the info hub because of the SLOE station being built a short distance away. I think the train will be on GSLR land when it is at the SLOE station.
I hope Qu Qi will contact Paddy to get contributor status on the blog and keep up the news of GLSR and Periwinkle. -- TM
I've reworked the ferry that runs between mainlands. It's running most of the time these days.
The GSLR south (ie: mainline) trolley is also running most of the time these days. (thanx Garth!) Ride it to Purple to catch the ferry.
The north GSLR line is not yet running but should be soon. I have extended the track right into Hobo's and Orhalla has been working on a station on the Infohub land there. There will be a bit of a challenge as the GSLR train will have to live on non-GSLR land for a little while, but it should be ok. The ferry lives on non-GSLR land almost all the time.
The Periwinkle Infohub is being reworked at the moment. Garnet has not had the time for it lately and has graciously allowed us to pitch in. Angel and Alex are working on a new build there. It will have all the normal Infohub stuff. Any Infohub helpcards, helpprims, etc appreciated.
I rode the ferry. Pleasant trip. It stops and ANWR and terminates and the GSLR north terminal in Cecropia. When the North GSLR line is done, you could catch a train there and ride to the Hobo Info hub. Zander has probably abandoned the idea of putting a station at the info hub because of the SLOE station being built a short distance away. I think the train will be on GSLR land when it is at the SLOE station.
I hope Qu Qi will contact Paddy to get contributor status on the blog and keep up the news of GLSR and Periwinkle. -- TM
Saturday, 3 February 2007
The SLFlyer and the poster hoster
Here are instructions I am preparing for the SLFlyer associates. A beta version of the poster hoster itself is available at Thinkerer Studios. Ground level. Presenting AKK Horse Ranch.
What do you do? We are sending you an object called "SLFlyer Poster Hoster." Rez it and mod the contents:
>Give the object a new name that identfies your place.
>Edit the Text Floater script to the name of your place. Or remove the currrent text, leaving nothing but the quotes, if you hate floating text.
>Remove the existing note card and put in a notecard describing your place. Include one or more landmarks in your notecard. If your place is a whole sim, for example, you may want to offer several destinations.
>Delete the current images (textures) in the poster and load it with images that tell about your place. You will want the images to be consistent in shape, but you can use square, landscape, or portrait ratios. Adjust the shape of the poster to match your images. You may want to put the place name on all the images as we have done in the examples. Or you can use images of objects for sale and put the prices on the pictures.
>You may use X-rated images, but please include XXX in the name of the object. We will present those separately in a special kiosk marked "Plain Brown Wrapper," with appropriate texturing. There will also be clear warnings about the nature of the content. These arrangements will make the XXX kiosk the busiest of our offerings.
>Optional: The poster also plays sound files. It is presently loaded with soft crowd sounds. You can add sounds that present the special ambience of your place. As with the textures, just put them in the object contents and the script will do the rest.
The scripts are available at my website:
Sound rounder:http://www.thinkerer.org/LODScriptMod/LODScrSimpleSounder.htm
Image display: http://www.thinkerer.org/LODScriptMod/LODScrWallImage.htm
I hope to be ready to send out initial versions in a day or so.
What do you do? We are sending you an object called "SLFlyer Poster Hoster." Rez it and mod the contents:
>Give the object a new name that identfies your place.
>Edit the Text Floater script to the name of your place. Or remove the currrent text, leaving nothing but the quotes, if you hate floating text.
>Remove the existing note card and put in a notecard describing your place. Include one or more landmarks in your notecard. If your place is a whole sim, for example, you may want to offer several destinations.
>Delete the current images (textures) in the poster and load it with images that tell about your place. You will want the images to be consistent in shape, but you can use square, landscape, or portrait ratios. Adjust the shape of the poster to match your images. You may want to put the place name on all the images as we have done in the examples. Or you can use images of objects for sale and put the prices on the pictures.
>You may use X-rated images, but please include XXX in the name of the object. We will present those separately in a special kiosk marked "Plain Brown Wrapper," with appropriate texturing. There will also be clear warnings about the nature of the content. These arrangements will make the XXX kiosk the busiest of our offerings.
>Optional: The poster also plays sound files. It is presently loaded with soft crowd sounds. You can add sounds that present the special ambience of your place. As with the textures, just put them in the object contents and the script will do the rest.
The scripts are available at my website:
Sound rounder:http://www.thinkerer.org/LODScriptMod/LODScrSimpleSounder.htm
Image display: http://www.thinkerer.org/LODScriptMod/LODScrWallImage.htm
I hope to be ready to send out initial versions in a day or so.
Friday, 2 February 2007
Rail graphics 2.1
Objective: Develop common mark to identify railroad and rail stations on the SL map.
I now have test versions of both the road marker and rail station marker 250m over Thinkerer Studios, Calleta. The station marker is a pair of rail lines crossed at right angles, costing 4 prims. The road markers are one prim each.
I have given Paddy test versions also. He will probably put them up over the SLOE main station in Calleta..
Note that these markers will not be seen on the map until SL does a retake of Calleta.
I now have test versions of both the road marker and rail station marker 250m over Thinkerer Studios, Calleta. The station marker is a pair of rail lines crossed at right angles, costing 4 prims. The road markers are one prim each.
I have given Paddy test versions also. He will probably put them up over the SLOE main station in Calleta..
Note that these markers will not be seen on the map until SL does a retake of Calleta.
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