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[HVW] Windsock Version 1

[HVW] Windsock
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This time something to let you stay safe in case of a strong wind.

A windsock by Hornless Vikings Workshop.

A simple wind strength indicator which will show you the current direction and power of the SL wind.

Did you know that stripes on a sleeve are not for deco or visibility but allow to calculate wind strength and are regulated by the FAA?

  • contains a script which turns windsock according to SL wind
  • sleeve is a flexi prim
  • on touch you may turn on/off a text above device
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I admit I'm completely useless as a programmer...
full star full star full star full star full star Posted January 04, 2025 by Gwyneth Llewelyn

After spending the better part of TWO DAYS trying to do something similar in concept, and failing miserably (oh, how I hate trigonometry...), I stumbled across this FREE AND OPEN SOURCE windsock (but READ THE LICENSE first!!), with zero setup, just drop it and it will work exactly as advertised. And it will *really* work, unlike my own fruitless attempts at extracting an angle from the wind vector and properly transforming it into a rotation that LSL correctly applies to a rotating flag or something. Gosh, these things ought to be *simple*!

Thanks very much for doing this. I do *not* intend to use it for any other purpose but a personal one: figuring out *why* my own code is hopelessly screwed. Nothing like having a *working* windsock that *really* points in the direction of the SL wind and even kindly tells us, via hovertext, what the wind speed & angle is!

Also note that you get essentially the same item (different script, of course) for two-digit figures that do exactly the same without adding anything extra — rather, they *remove* the ability to have a look at the scripts inside and understand how they are supposed to *work*. Oh, and of course they don't have a 'demo' version for you to check — you'll have to trust *them* to be correctly pointing in he right direction! Believe me, it's harder than it seems, and no, what you have on the SL Wiki is not math-techy enough to build a *working* windsock.

So, grab this item before it's gone!

Ah, and don't get worried about the 'primmy' look of *this* windsock: it's *not* made of prims, rest assured, the LI of 2 is just because the flexiprim for the sock itself needs, well, its own prim. The rest is a nice, simple, LI 1 mesh, so you can't go wrong with this.

My (virtual) horned helmet is off to you, Carla — you're absolutely amazing!

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Super!
full star full star full star full star full star Posted February 20, 2023 by Kyrie Deka

I just love this!

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Awesome piece
full star full star full star full star full star Posted January 31, 2023 by PatrickP29

works like a charm and can't go wrong with the price! Great stuff!

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full star full star full star full star full star Posted July 22, 2021 by ThunderRick97

Why are you giving this away for free? For 0L, I would not have expected such a great object.

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also outstanding ! what phoebe says i totally agree. lols
full star full star full star full star full star Posted February 11, 2020 by OliviaLillyFrost

big thanks! awesome freebee.

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Great!
full star full star full star full star full star Posted January 11, 2020 by Vana Gears

A great addition to my pier. Thank you so much!

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