I'm doing some research into Second Life's virtual economy and would love to include as much reader feedback as possible. First category: What are the best mesh-based vehicles in SL? And by "best" I mean quality of design, and the vehicle's drivability. This impressive Mad Max-y car above, V.M. Rat Road from Vix Motors, is the current best seller in the SL Marketplace. What others should go on a best in class list?
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If you want try a unique vehicle that has very high drivability then I can share my six-legged mech with readers. It was in motivation to try develop a vehicle that would be more maneuverable than an avatar - which is a difficult thing to accomplish.
Posted by: Nexii Malthus | Friday, October 06, 2017 at 11:35 AM
Here I'm going to mention the products from builders that make their own build for Second Life, not those who download a model from a library or even worser ripped from some game.
Best motorboat: Ape Piaggio's LittleBee. It turns into an hydrofoil. It can do anything, even... coffee LOL. Well built, awesome scripting and totally fun.
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/AD25H-LittleBee/7888364
(Gozzo Sorrentino seems impressive too, but I don't know it so well:
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Gozzo-Sorrentino/10150223 )
Sailing boats: Bandit and The Mesh Shop make good builds that sail realistically and they have many details and animations.
Best small boat: Bandit IF, pretty popular
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Bandit-IF/7305336
Their best cruisers: Bandit 60, 55, TMS Ushuaia, and they are popular too
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Bandit-60/6706695
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Bandit-55/6440895
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/TMS-Ushuaia/9004765
Best copters: Shergood Aviation. A friend of mine has these and they are detailed and impressively realistic as for controls and flight. Maybe the S-64 is the one with the most wow factor. The maker is a real life copter pilot, as far as I know. Not for beginners
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/SA-EC-135-VIP/12389719
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/SA-Sikorsky-H-92/8988310
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/SA-Erickson-S-64/10666632
Best small plane: ZSK PA-38 Tomahawk. High quality build and scripting (as all ZSK products). It looks pretty good from outside and wonderful in fist person view when you fly it. It has the most realistic flying script I ever seen, it even simulates different wind conditions.
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/ZSK-PA-38-Tomahawk/7673173
Note: ZSK is building a business jet now, another potential "best"
(I don't know much about cars, but another friend of mine has this amphibian Platypus Typ 707 from GEMC. It looks well made and scripted, nice to drive and it's fun.
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/GEMC-Platypus-Typ-707/9610127 )
Posted by: Pulsar | Friday, October 06, 2017 at 01:06 PM
Thanks much, Puslar, this is great!
Nexii, would love to see that! Can you post some screenshots?
Posted by: Wagner J Au | Friday, October 06, 2017 at 04:27 PM
It's best seen in person or driven personally, but here you go:
https://gyazo.com/0d56a5a4f92fdd438d8c8a13c7e10aa3
https://gyazo.com/d2c7826dc13683f3e49dfbec7d6416ae
Uses raycasting to figure out how place legs, it's mostly driven in mouselook, but well trained pilots can eventually figure out how to walk up/down buildings and with enough expertise even going upside down is possible. Can jump and fall as well.
Posted by: Nexii Malthus | Friday, October 06, 2017 at 05:23 PM
Holy crap that's awesome! Are those all attachments on your avie?
Posted by: Wagner J Au | Saturday, October 07, 2017 at 01:26 PM
Nope, it is one object that you sit on. Attachments would make it very difficult to animate in this manner.
Posted by: Nexii Malthus | Sunday, October 08, 2017 at 08:19 AM
Very cool -- in the Marketplace or how can people get a copy?
Posted by: Wagner J Au | Sunday, October 08, 2017 at 05:38 PM
The six-legged [Prototypal] Mech Version 50 is listed on SL Marketplace here: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Prototypal-Mech/17704458
Posted by: Kirtan Dreamrezzer | Tuesday, June 08, 2021 at 02:08 PM