Pixelancer ~ Isopod ~ Sand Version 09092018

Thanks for your patronage!

I hope you enjoy your little oddity as much as I enjoyed creating it. The Isopod has a LOT of features. It can be a little overwhelming at first.

8 Li at default size
3 custom P4 animations

No Modify
Copy
No Transfer

~~~~ STARTUP

~ I included a pre-sized version for quick use as a shoulder pet. Just Add to wear.

~ If you can rez:
- Your toy's original size has a 8 Land Impact. Please ensure you have permission to rez, have enough prims available, and are using the correct Group for the land.
- Rez your pet and touch it. You will be offered a Locator and the menu will appear.

~ If you cannot rez:
Go to the ALTERNATE METHODS section of the notecard included and follow the instructions there.
(Yes, the menu works while it is attached, but you must manually attach if you cannot rez. This section will tell you how.)
With the exception of renaming your pet and setting it to Roam or Wander, you will have nearly the same functionality, even if you cannot rez.

~ If you relog with your toy still attached:
If you set a Pose, it will need to be reset.
Hugs will continue to work, but they will reset to their default positions.

~ When your pet speaks to you in chat, no one else will be able to read it.


~~~~ MENU

~ Help:
Get a copy of this helpful notecard and a Locator

~ Close Menu:
Close the menu. (The menu will time out in 30 seconds, anyway.)

~ Main Menu:
Return to the main menu

~ Resize:
Go to the resize menu for you to change the size of your toy. Enlarging mesh will change its Land Impact, but you can shrink this toy down to perch on your hand.
Your pet will set its current size as its new Restore size every time it's rezzed or attached.

~ Pose:
- Change your pet's Pose (useful for alternate attachment points or props)
- Change your pet's Animations
- Stop your pet from animating your Avatar (useful if you do not want to use the Hug avatar animations)

~ Extras:
- Name your pet (You can only do this when it is rezzed.)
- Set your toy to Full Bright (FB)
- Set overhead text or turn it off (crazylong text can slow down rendering)
- Delete all scripts to make your pet a lifeless statue forever
- Reset Scripts (Just in case SL gets weird...)

~ Extras > Roam: *
Set your pet to a pathfinding creature that will try to randomly roam on the land without you. A roaming pet will not cross parcel borders. If you find a surface your pet will not walk over, you can easily correct this: Set its Pathfinding LinkSet Use to Walkable, Apply, then Rebake Region under your Build settings to update your parcel. The options are reached from your right click mouse menu. This feature works exceptionally well. I recommend using this if you are able. If the sim has pathfinding disabled, use Wander.

~ Wander: *
Set your pet to a physical object that will try to randomly roam on the land without you. Wander only works on flat surfaces and has proven to be fun but unreliable on mesh surfaces. To debug, select Stay, select Reset Script, raise your pet slightly higher, then set to Wander again. This I have found to be a great solution to most issues.

~ Heel:
Turn your pet into an unattached follower

~ Stay:
Take your pet out of Wander or Heel mode and stop all pet animations

~ Hugs:
- Select an option to attach the toy to your avatar. Your avatar will animate and your pet will change its pose.
- The Follow Hug has a special effect on your pet.: In Follow mode, your pet will walk when you walk, and when you are not walking your pet will perform random animations
- Go to the FITTING section of this notecard for some advice.

Hugs will add the toy to one of the following attachment points on your avatar:

Follow attaches to AVATAR CENTER
Both Arms attaches to CHEST
One Arm attaches to LEFT UPPER ARM
Shoulder attaches to LEFT SHOULDER

Yes, you may attach to other points.

Only these Hugs points will animate your avatar, but you can use the Pose menu to change your pet's behavior no matter where it is attached.

Have fun!

* Extreme changes to the pet size will dramatically change movement behaviors Do not try to make your pet small enough to fit in your hand or large enough to eat a skycraper and expect this to function correctly. It will NOT.