Open Collar Themes

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I am far from being an open collar expert, but I have helped a few people with the scripts and settings in the past. So, here is my basic understanding of how to set up the themes in the collar.
  • You need to create a notecard and name it .themes (do not forget the . at before the word themes)

Notecard Layout

Theme Names

  • Each theme needs a name which is encased in square brackets
    • The example below creates a theme called Mytheme
      •  [ Mytheme ] 

 Changing Textures

  •  In the line below that you need the name of the part (each part needs a different name) followed by a tilde then the UUID of the texture you want to apply.
    • To copy a UUID you must have the texture in your inventory. You can get it by right clicking on the name of the texture in the inventory window and selecting Copy Asset UUID.
    • The example below changes the texture for the part of the collar named Strap
      • Strap ~  texture=645726e4-bb1b-2973-9b0e-fb7fffabd709

Changing Colors

  • If you want to color that same part then follow the UUID with another tilde followed by the RGB color in pointy brackets. You can find the numbers for the colors on the LSL Wiki.
    • The example below sets the color to red
      • Strap ~  texture=645726e4-bb1b-2973-9b0e-fb7fffabd709 ~ color=<1, 0, 0>
  • And to add shine to that same texture you simply add another tilde with the word shiny then equal sign and the amount.
    • The example below adds shine to the previous example
      • Strap ~  texture=645726e4-bb1b-2973-9b0e-fb7fffabd709 ~ color=<1, 0, 0> ~shiny=low
  • You do these same steps for each part of the collar that you want changed with the theme. Each part needs to be on a separate line with no skipped lines in between. When you are done with that theme you skip a line to start the next theme
  • If you would like to change the color or texture for all parts you can just type ALL where the name of the parts would normally go. *Please note that because the notecard uses the word ALL you will want to avoid naming any of your parts that.
    • The example below changes the color for ALL parts of the collar to blue
      • ALL ~ color=<0, 0,1>
  • Once you have all the themes you want, save the notecard then drag a copy into the part of the color where the rest of the other notecards are located.

Example Notecard



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