Animated Mesh Birds with Natural Flight.
Updated December 2024!
Bring life to your landscapes with these beautifully animated mesh birds. The birds are perfect for gardens, ponds, forests or open skies. Perfect for personal use or as a thoughtful gift for nature lovers. Add these birds to your space today and enjoy their serene charm!
This is a long-awaited update to one of my most popular products, now improved with Second Life's latest modern features while keeping the land impact as low as possible (This is why I did not just make them animesh).
If you already own the original version, simply redeliver your item to receive this enhanced update for free.
The flock of birds contains 7 birds with 6 possible species - all textures are PBR: Canadian Geese, Egyptian Geese, Hawaiian Geese, Grey Geese, White Swans and Black Swans.
The birds roams in a random pattern within a custom set diameter of 20 - 60 meters (larger with manual edit). Each bird is low land impact animated mesh that moves independently of the other birds making the flock look very realistic in flight. All in all the build has a land impact of 5, although with manual editing the placement and number of birds can be modified. Remember to keep a copy of the original if you change the build in any way.
Here is why the updated birds are special:
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Smooth, Natural Animation: The geese feature fluid wing movement for a truly lifelike flight.
Customizable Flight Path: The birds random wandering stays within a user-defined diameter, offering dynamic motion.
Multiple Species Options: Choose from six species — Canadian Geese, Grey Geese, Hawaiian Geese, Egyptian Geese, White Swans, and Black Swans — or opt for an automatic random species rotation.
PBR Materials. High-quality PBR materials.
Optional Geese Sound Effect: Includes a subtle, randomized geese honking sound for added ambiance. The sound is not looped but just plays once at random intervals to not be overwhelming.
Custom Craftsmanship: Custom textures, detailed mesh, and handmade optimized LODs keep the birds looking great at any distance.
Low Land Impact: All seven birds together are just 5 LI.
Copy/Mod (Script Copy Only): Modify the object to fit your scene, while the script remains protected.
Free Update for Previous Customers!
The old version of the mesh birds is still included in the pack as well. Those can still be tinted and retextured although the script has been updated with script restart on touching the base in case SL glitches and randomly stops their movement. As before the single birds wing movement can be restarted when touching that single bird.
View Video »- A flock of 7 flying birds - chose between 6 species
- Land impact 5
- Animated mesh birds with optional sound
- Custom roaming range
- Copy and Mod
Keep freezing
I need to delete and Rez again every time the flock freeze and stop moving or flying.
Impressive!
A great addition to my SL home. So well done. I did have to reduce the flight path to suit the width of my land (32m). I would have thought there would be a demand for that size?
Very modifiable!
I thought this was great when I first saw it, but after awhile, I wanted the birds to have a wider flight path, make some sound and become invisible at night. I made the following modifications and it works great!
Changed texture; added feet.
Made root prim a simple box with no animation, but substituted the rotation script so geese could fly furthest from that prim. Now they range nearly half my region.
Added an intermittent, day-time sound script in the lead goose.
Added a script to make geese go way (alpha/texture change) at night.
All the extra scripting did add 1 LI to the total, but by removing the "pond" animation script, it brought it back down to original 6. So yeah, great item! I don't mind tinkering with something I buy and appreciate that Celestine made this a copy/mod item!
BEAUTIFUL
These geese are an amazing addition to any sim. They add elegance. GREAT JOB Celestine! Keep up the fantastic work! :)
Okay
Will be better if I can change, direction, speed, height, number of birds.
Awesome creation
Look lovely and realistic. Smooth animation!