Getting Started

Wings Commands

Settings

Xcite Tab & Turning off Xcite features

Editing Wing Position

HUD Positions

Contact

Getting Started

Wear HUD.
Wear Wings.
To wear, right click and select wear.

Or you can drag it onto your avatar.

Do NOT attach the wings or the HUD by using the "Attach to" option - unless you attach it to the spine.
For users that want to use an alternative attach point please see Attach positions

After wearing both the wings and the HUD, your screen should look like the picture below.

The HUD will attach to the top left corner of your screen.
To reposition HUD, please see HUD positions.

To open HUD, click on any of the tabs and it will open to the full HUD menu.

Having Trouble?

If you are having trouble with the wings, PLEASE see the trouble shooting guide.

Wing Commands

All wings commands, including the Xcite commands, are available on the HUD.

The Xcite commands are also available (or can also be accessed) by touching the wings, if the Touch/Xcite function is turned on. Please see Xcite Info.

Open & Close - Makes the wings open & close. The wing feathers will actually disappear, allowing you to build and click on other objects without the wings getting in your way.

Settings Info

Flexi Amount Setting - Increases or decreases flexiness of the feathers

Flapping speed - Increases or decreases the wing flapping speed.  It may take a few seconds for the new speed to be applied

Wing Width/Span - Moves the spread of the feathers further apart or closer together.

Hide/Droop on Landing - If you turn this feature on, your wings will droop or close when you are on the ground. When you start to fly, the wings will open or undroop.

On Landing Wings Droop/Close - Sets which option you would like on the ground.

Xcite Tab & Turning off Xcite features

The Xcite features are available from the Xcite tab on the HUD.

Xcite Menu - (that blue button that says Xcite!) Clicking on this will bring up the blue Xcite menu with buttons.

Touch/Xcite On/Off - turns Xcite features on or off. Turns the touch wings for Xcite menu on or off.
Messages On/Off - turns on or off the green emote messages.

You can also access the Xcite! features by touching the wings. You will see a blue panel.

If you do NOT want the Xcite features, you can turn these off by going to the Xcite tab on the Material Squirrel HUD and clicking the "off" button under Touch/Xcite.

Further Xcite info can be found in the Xcite! Guide.

Editing Wing Position

Follow these steps:

1. Wear the wings.
2. Stand on a pose stand that gives you a fixed pose.
   There is one in my shop that you can use and many freebie pose stands available.
   
3. Right click on the wings and choose "edit".
4. Make sure the top radio button on the edit menu is choosen - the position button.
5. You should see 3 arrows - red, green, and blue.
6. You do not want to move the arrow that moves the object left to right (sideways).
   That will put your wings off center.
7. If your wings are sitting too low or high, you can move them up or down.
8. In this case, the wings are too low, I want to adjust them higher.
   Click on and hold the up/down arrow.
   While holding down, use your mouse to pull the arrow up.
   
   
9. Using that method, adjust the wings to a height that looks good.
10. You can also adjust the wings into or out of your body.
11. For this, you will want to pan your camera over your avatars head.
    
    
12. Click on and hold down the arrow that will pull your wings in or out.
    
13. Adjust the wings as necessary.
14. Remember that you do not want to move the wings sideways.
15. You also do not want to rotate the wings (unless you are very comfortable with the editing tools).

HUD Positions

The HUD (Heads-Up Display) controller attaches to the top left of your screen by default. The HUD attaches to your SCREEN, not to your avatar.

You can use a different HUD attachment point, but you may have to re-position the HUD to view all the buttons.

How to use a different HUD point
Repositioning the HUD requires an intermediate level of SecondLife skill and is not recommended for new users.

1. In your inventory window, right click on the HUD object and choose "attach to HUD"
   
2. Choose the screen attach point. For this example, I used the bottom right.
3. In most cases, you will no longer see the HUD on your screen, even if it shows as worn.
4. Right click on an existing HUD you can see and choose "edit".
   
5. On the edit box, go to the focus key (top left) and find the zoom scroll bar.
   
6. Drag the the zoom bar down until you can see the HUD just off your screen. The white bounding box is your screen boundary.
   
7. On the edit menu, click on the edit button and then click on the wings HUD.
   Your screen will go back to the normal screen and you will need to follow steps 4 through 6 again.
8. Drag the HUD up into the white bounding box. Position the top of the HUD with enough room for the lower menu to open on your screen.
   
9. Close the edit window. You should see the HUD on your screen.
10. Try opening the HUD to make sure you see the full menu. You may have to re-edit if you only see part of the menu.
11. If the HUD is overlapping another HUD, you can also use this method to move the HUD sideways.

Contact Info

Please read the troubleshooting guide if you are having problems.

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