Myriad Lite Character Creator

The Myriad Lite Character Creator is a 12-prim custom pose stand with clickable buttons and hovertext display prims.

IMPORTANT: Perform the following steps only AFTER all 3 Servers (CSV, Template, and Region Settings) are complete and running.

Setup

1. Make a platform. This will be your root prim.
2. Make a button prim named PREV CATEGORY.
3. Make a display prim named SHOW CATEGORY to show the current category as hovertext.
4. Make a button prim named NEXT CATEGORY
5. Make a button prim named PREV ITEM.
6. Make a display prim named SHOW ITEM to show the current item in the current category as hovertext.
7. Make a button prim named NEXT ITEM.
8. Make a button prim named SELL ITEM.
9. Make a display prim named SHOW POINTPOOL to show the points left in the current point pool.
10. Make a button prim named BUY ITEM.
11. Make a button prim named RESET.
12. Make a button prim named SAVE.
13. Link all the button and display prims in any order to the original pose stand platform prim.
14. Drop in the Myriad Lite Creator Controller script.
15. Drop in the Myriad Lite Creator Random script. (Currently incomplete but still required by the controller.)
16. Drop in the Myriad Lite Creator Template script. (Currently not functioning in SL, but required by the controller.)
17. Drop in the Myriad Lite Creator Points script.
18. Recompile all scripts in Creator as Mono if needed.

Components

• Creator Controller - the script controller and core interface
• Creator Random - Randomly roll up a Myriad Lite Character
• Creator Template - Characters created from Species, Background/History, and Career templates
• Creator Points - Characters created using point pools to buy and sell points for all aspects of a characer

Usage

To use the character creator:

1. Stand on the pose platform.
2. Use the NEXT and PREV CATEGORY buttons to choose a part of your character sheet to edit.
3. Use the NEXT and PREV ITEM buttons to choose a specific item in the current category.
4. Use the BUY ITEM button to buy that item and add it to your character sheet, with points from the current point pool.
5. Use the SELL ITEM button to return a purchased item, remove it from your character sheet, and return the points to the current point pool.
6. When your points are spent, press SAVE to get a print out of your character sheet in the chat window.
7. Use the Stand button to get up from the Character Creator.
8. Use CTRL+H to open the chat history window if needed, and use CUT and PASTE to copy your character sheet text to a notecard.
9. Copy the notecard into your Myriad Lite HUD.
10. Use the /5 reset command in local chat to reset your Myriad Lite HUD and reload your character sheet.