Here’s the thing: keeping your community informed is half the battle when you’re running a club, store, venue, or hangout spot in Second Life. People forget event times, schedules get messy, DJs swap shifts, and notecards get lost. This script solves that in the most direct, no-nonsense way possible. Drop it into a prim, add one notecard, and it handles the entire schedule for you. No micromanaging. No constant edits. It just works.
This Event Display LSL Script reads from a notecard called events.txt and pulls out every upcoming event—filtered by real SL time, sorted automatically, and shown directly above your board as clean hovertext. You write your events once, and the script handles the rest. If you ever update the notecard, the script reloads the moment you save it. No manual reset. No hassle.
Let’s break it down.
You keep a notecard where each line starts with a timestamp like this:
2025-01-13 04:00 DJ Luca Live at Rockers Club
2025-01-14 08:00 Karaoke Night With Guests
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That’s it. The script looks for dates in the future, sorts them by time, and displays up to the next three upcoming events. If you have many events planned across the week, they’ll roll in and out automatically as the time changes. Once an event has passed, it falls off the list, and your next one slides in without you touching anything.
This script also uses a timestamp comparison trick so it understands which events are truly “future events.” LSL normally can’t compare date strings the way you expect, so the code sorts them behind the scenes to make sure today and tomorrow are shown correctly. It’s a subtle detail, but it makes the script more reliable than the usual notecard readers floating around in SL.
Every hour, the script refreshes automatically so the schedule stays correct even if you forget about it. Want faster updates? Change one line and your board will refresh every minute. It’s designed to be flexible, simple, and clean.
The display itself uses floating hovertext—easy to read, visible from distance, and perfect for clubs, stages, shops, schools, roleplay sims, info boards, or land rentals. You can change the color and transparency at the top of the script. Want neon blue? Go for it. Want soft white? Done. You have full permission to edit, modify, and even resell this script as part of your builds.
One of the best parts: the script restarts itself when the notecard changes. That means you can open your events file, add a new date, save, and instantly your board updates. No digging into menus or resetting scripts. You don’t even have to touch the object. For businesses or clubs where multiple staff members manage schedules, this automatically keeps everyone aligned.
It’s also useful beyond clubs. Roleplay sims can list storyline events. Schools can list their classes. Stores can list new releases or sale dates. Landlords can list rental updates. Even private homes can show reminders or personal notes if you want something more decorative. The script doesn’t care—any text after the timestamp will appear exactly the way you typed it.
The full-perm license means you can drop this script into HUDs, boards, décor items, or event management products and sell them as part of your creations. Builders looking for a reliable schedule system can use this as a foundation and package it any way they like. You’re not just buying a script; you’re getting a tool you can integrate into your SL business.
Everything is designed to be lightweight and efficient. The script only loads the notecard once, then updates on a timer. No heavy loops, no spammy listeners, no unnecessary memory waste. It’s clean and stable.
If your venue runs frequent events, and you want a simple, professional, “set it and forget it” event board, this script makes your life easier. It’s fast to set up, easy to maintain, and solid enough to serve as the backbone of your event system whether you’re running a club with daily sets or a community space with weekly gatherings.
And because it uses plain hovertext, you can build any visual style around it: neon boards, screens, rustic signs, sci-fi consoles—you decide. The script stays inside and quietly handles the logic while you design the surface.
You’ll get the full-permission script ready to drop into any object. One notecard named events.txt is all you need. Edit, save, done. The board updates itself.
If you want an event system that’s simple, smart, and flexible enough to plug into anything you build, this is it.
- Loads upcoming events from events.txt and updates itself.
- Only shows events that are in the future, sorted correctly.
- Refreshes every hour and reloads instantly when the notecard changes.
- Clean hovertext layout with adjustable color and transparency.
- Edit, modify, resell, and integrate it into your own products.
