Tired of breaking your bones in real-life? Well now you can break them virtually with the Skateboard for IMVU! This implement of coolness and self abuse will have you skating around like the pro's, even if you normally have trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time. Better yet, no pads, no helmet, and no self-inflicted nutshots. Look cool *AND* stay out of the hospital! You can't do that with a real-life Skateboard!
Commands are:
"SkateAround" - Caveman to Goofyfoot, just cruise around and back again
"Kickflip" - Does a quick Caveman, nails the flip, and back
"Neckpose" - Poses your avie with the skateboard behind their neck, LIKE A !
"Manual" - Holds a simple Manual trick, in place, for a few seconds
PLEASE NOTE: The Skateboard work with both Male and Female avies, but is listed under Female Shoes. It replaces avie body channel 63. Extremely few items use that body channel, but if they do, they will either remove this item or force this item to removed. Well issues are unlikely, please use "Try It" before then "Buy It", to ensure it works with your wardrobe.
Flames on a board not cool enough for you? Prefer skulls? Angels? My Little Ponies??! And how about some Sound Effects? Well then, get to work and DERIVE it! Make your own version, and even sell it the catalog for a small markup over my original, and keep the extra profits for yourself! You can express yourself AND earn credits at the same time. How's that for a sweet deal? You'll need a full account on IMVU, as well as a copy of Previewer. You can find out more about Deriving on the IMVU's Education Center. Here are the templates you'll need below:
This is the actual Texture map used for the Skateboard. Use this to make simple changes, like Color:
This is the Wireframe for the Skateboard. This shows you exactly how the Texture map adheres to the structure of the model. You'll need this if you want to create a completely new Texture from scratch. This will help immensely in the very likely event you wish to replace the underside image. Use this to allign your new under-side image and then paint in a little shadowing in the same locations I used:
To add sound, I highly recommend you download and use Audacity. It's a free sound editing tool that can export out OGG sound files. OGG sound files compress down to less then 1/10th the file size of WAV files. SO USE OGG FILES!!! You can download it here:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Please keep your sound volume levels within acceptable limits. DON'T MAKE YOUR SOUND AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE!!! Loud sounds will annoy other users, and reduce your sales. Also avoid using Looping sounds, as IMVU has no controls to stop Looping sounds once they start playing.
