Sea Turtle swims through your underwater environment!

° Sea Turtle swims autonomously through your water
° Chaotic behavior, never repeats, not random
° You can ride the turtle and direct it!
° Animated head turns and rises out of water
° Dialog to control modes
° Optionally chases or avoids avatars and objects
° Stays in the water on your parcel
° Also works in skybox sky-water mode.
° Can detect and swim in group owned land
° Unlocked mode lets your friends control it
° Low lag, low prim, scripted non-physical object

Thanks for your interest in my Sea Turtle!

This Sea Turtle will swim in the water on your property, but never repeat the same path! A chaotic algorithm makes it behave in complex ways without being random. It is a non-physical object and moves very smoothly. It will briefly rise out of the water, but it will not swim into the ground or outside of the sim boundaries. It will stay inside the water of your parcel, or nearby water if enabled. You can ride the turtle and direct it where to go with the motion control keys. However, this turtle has a mind of its own and will not violate the boundaries it has been set to stay in. By default only the owner can change the options, but it has an unlock mode that allows your friends to control it using the dialog menu. Anyone is always allowed to ride the sea turtle. It has a modes to ignore, avoid or turn towards nearby avatars. The turtle is normally a phantom object and swims through obstacles in its path. However, it has a mode where it attempts to detect objects in its path and turn away. When not avoiding an object or turning to stay in bounds, the turtle will normally travel in a sinusoidal path, but has an option for going in straight lines.

I no longer have an in-world store in SL but you try out this turtle in other places in the Metaverse. Find links to my stores at http://magic.kayaker.net

Riding your Sea Turtle:

If you right click on the turtle and select “ride me” from the menu, you will immediately “sit” on it in a riding pose behind the head. The turtle does not make an exciting vehicle to ride: It moves slowly and cannot travel outside of its built-in limits. It will refuse to swim outside the boundaries of your property (or group property) or out of the water (except for short jumps). However in skybox mode, the turtle will swim outside the radius and depth limits. It does not make banked high speed turns. Perhaps it would be best to just hold on to the turtle and enjoy a stately ride through your underwater environment (at a constant 2 meters per second). The turtle is a phantom object and can swim through obstacles in its path, even if you are riding it. You can influence where the turtle will will go next with the movement controls or the arrow keys on your keyboard. These keys only work while you are swimming/sitting on the turtle. Like many other things in SL, these keys may not always work unless you close the local chat box or click on your avatar first.

Turn-left, 'a' or left-arrow-key turns the turtle to the left.
Turn-right, 'd' or right-arrow-key turns the turtle to the right.
Move-forward, 'w' or up-arrow-key causes the turtle to pitch down.
Move-backward, 's' or down-arrow-key causes the turtle to pitch up.
(This sounds backwards, but it is intended to feel like pushing the stick forward/backward on an airplane joystick).

Configuring your Sea Turtle:

Right clicking on the turtle and selecting “Menu” causes it to immediately stop moving and brings up a blue dialog in the upper right corner of your window. (Black dialog in lower right on Viewer V2). If you don't use the dialog for 20 seconds, the turtle will ignore it and start swimming again. If you still want to change something, you must IGNORE that dialog box and request a new one by right clicking the turtle again. The top of the dialog shows the current states. The buttons in the dialog menu have the following functions:

HELP: Brings up a notecard with these commands.
AV IGNORE/AVOID/CHASE: How the turtle responds to avatars.
OB IGNORE/OB AVOID: How the turtle responds to other objects.
CURVED ON/OFF: The path the turtle takes through the water.
UN/LOCK : Allows your friends to change dialog options.
ROAM/PARCEL/OWNERS: Where the turtle is allowed to swim.
RADIUS+/-1 How far the turtle will swim (sky-water mode)
DEPTH+/-1 How deep the turtle will swim sky-watr mode)
SWIM: Dismisses dialog and allows turtle to swim again.