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libOpenMetaverse and the associated applications can be used for any programmatic control of virtual worlds based on the Second Life protocol. The library itself contains a GridClient class for creating automatons or clients that connect to a virtual world simulator, TestClient provides examples for many of the common operations a bot may want to do, WinGridProxy provides a proxy to capture and decode data flowing between a client and simulator, Simian shows an example simulator implementation, and several graphical applications exist that show scene rendering examples.

How do I?

The following section gives links to various tutorials regarding the use of libopenmv

The Basics

How do I...

Use libopenmv to login to the SL Grid?
How to create a basic libopenmv bot?
How to create a basic libopenmv bot for osgrid?
Have my bot log out of SL?
Login to a specified location?
Connect to a different grid?
Set up custom logging?
Set my avatars draw distance?

Communication

How do I make my bot...

Send an instant message?
Say something inworld (chat)?
Say something in world, and type?
Respond to instant messages?
Respond to inworld chat?

Movement

How do I make my bot...
Follow an avatar?
Focus on something inworld?
Teleport to another location?
Move relative to its own position?
Make my bot sit on a prim?
Make my bot Walk and Run?

Appearance

How do I make my bot...

Load and use a complete appearance from inventory?
Load and use attachments from inventory?
List Inventory?

Events

How do I get notification of...

SecondLife.Network Events

Searching

How do I search for...

Land using DirectoryManager.StartLandSearch?

Advanced

Rez a prim at a specific point relative to your current position and rotation

Help!

The following topics contain answers to common questions, think of it as the FAQ.
If you need help with an example program, such as TestClient, please go to the ApplicationFAQ wikipage.

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