Balloon

thank you for your interest in the MM - Balloon.

this balloon is not made for transport but for advertising. (did you know that you do not need any flying machines to fly in sl ?) :-))

this is an excellent advertising tool. its causes a stir and everyone will go to have a look at.
for your advertising purposes a notecardgiver is included delivered to the visitor on touch automatically.

the balloon is copyable AND MODIFIABLE (except the scripts) so change colors or add your logo or whatelse...

ok, how to start this nice balloon?
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the balloon goes up and down automatically. to setup the configuration, especially the start coodinates, active the 'edit' mode.
this will mark the ballon activated for edition automatically after beeing rezzed.

ok, switch to edit mode and rez the balloon. its highlighted so you can click to the tab 'content'.
you will find some scripts and the important '.Configuration' notecard.
this notecard will control the balloon movement and some other functions. every parameter is explained so lets limit this instructions to the most important parameters: the startposition and the maximal height.

an easy way to set the startposition is to move the balloon to the position you will like to set as startposition. now click tab 'object' and you will find its current position. take that values and insert it to the configuration notecards startposition parameter.

ok, set the maximal height and in the main its done.

if you like to give a landmark to your visitors put it into the balloons content. the landmark will given to the visitor on click automatically.

by the way click:
only you as the owner can click the balloon to toggle on/off mode.

and that needs some remarks:

look at the movement... there are no 'steps' or 'jumps' or something like that unmasking this fine balloon as a virtual creation.
no, its an absolute true-to-life movement, smoothly and stylishly.

but this caused some deference to the movements conditions. you have to keep in mind, that the balloon is a physical object using the sl physical terms and conditions. to avoid deviations from normal conditions the balloon will start an reset every time its at the start position. additional there is another reset mechanism startet at the intervall set by the configuration card parameter.

nevertheless, there are some rare insidents that make the balloon difficult to reach its maximal height and so it will not go down...
try to switch it off and on by click or get it back to the startposition and reset it using the viewers 'tools' menu:
activate the edit mode with the balloon highlighted, click at the headline 'tools' and go down to 'Reset Scripts in Selection'. if this is not successful there is no other way as to get the balloon back intto the inventory for rezzing it again or delete it and rez another balloon (its copyable).
so it would be a good idea to keep a copy of the balloon after completing your configuration....

ok, this may happen once in a blue moon but you should know about it and it debts due to the excellent smoothly movement.
certainly you will find other balloons without physical movements jumping up and down like a rabbit beeing nuts about his carrot but do you really want something like that????

have much fun with this creation.

come and see it here: Ghamb16/60/114