Tag: Textures

  • Castle Textures – Set 1

    This is the first in a new collection of texture sets, for castle builds. This set consists of textures mainly for walls, floors, and ceilings. As usual, they seamlessly tile, and are all at 256×256. A few examples: You can get them from the Main Store, or from the XstreetSL page.

  • Cave Textures – Set 1

    A new collection of textures, this time for cave walls and floors, and probably suitable for cliff-faces and similar environments. As usual, there are 20 textures, 256 x 256, and they all seamlessly tile. A few examples: You can find them at the Main Store, or on the XstreetSL pages.

  • Animated Textures – Tutorial 3

    In the previous two articles you saw how to use llSetTextureAnim() to activate conventional animated textures. This is the usual way of animating textures in Second Life. There is another way, which involves using a script and a timer, along with the ‘offset texture’ function. This is far less efficient than using a normal animated…

  • Steampunk Textures – Set 7

    Now available from the main store and from XstreetSL, this new texture set is mainly for walls and floors, and consists of 20 seamlessly tiling textures. A few examples: View the set on XstreetSL Visit the Templar Creations Main Store

  • Animated Textures – Tutorial 2

    In the previous blog you saw how to use the SMOOTH option for simple animation. Although this is useful, it is also rather limited. The usual way of creating animated textures is by way of a texture which contains a set of ‘frames’, in a way very similar to that used in traditional animation. Note: the examples from…

  • Animated Textures – Tutorial 1

    With the recent release of the Animated Steampunk Textures pack, this would be a good time to do some tutorials on animated textures, so here we go… This is the first of a three-part tutorial about using animated textures in Second Life. There three parts, because there are three different ways of animating textures, each with their own…

  • More Steampunk Goodness

    Yes, a new set of Steampunk textures! Not only that, but sets 4, 5, and 6 (the new set) are now available as a combined Steampunk Textures Collection 2, for a discounted price of L$250. A couple of samples pictures from the new set. There are actually four textures in each picture, but they fit…

  • The Future Looks Dark

    A new collection of textures, this time with a Dark SF look to them, akin to the textures from Quake and similar games. As usual, there are 20 textures in the pack, in a mixture of sizes (the smaller sizes are usually designed to be tiled — set the horizontal and vertical repeats to 5…

  • Putting Things In Motion

    Yet another Steampunk texture pack, but this time with a crucial difference: these ones are animated textures. Use them to bring your steampunk machinery to life, but please be careful — yes, I’m looking at you, Dr Frankenstein… Of course, animated textures need a bit more work than just applying them to a prim. You…

  • Going Retro

    A new set of textures, and a new prefab! This time we are going back to the 1930s/1940s for inspiration, with a set of textures inspired by Art Deco. The set includes both interior and exterior textures, and there is a new ‘Nightclub’ prefab which shows off the textures. Visit the main Templar Creations store…