Retirement Sale: 100+ items 75% Off

We're having a retirement sale! More than 100 items will go away forever both from the inworld stores and Marketplace on May the 8th and are now set 75% off. Go get them before they vanish! (Inworld only). Discounted items are marked. Click here for your taxi.

Raffle! Free new scripts - Closes January 3rd

Would you like to win a chance of new free scripts? Then:

1. Teleport to the main store
2. Wear your group tag
3. Click on the raffle board at the main store

One winner will get all of Black Tulip's new scripts released during 2017, for free. Three winners will get the first released script in 2017, for free. You must remain a group member when each script is released.

Don't forget, you have to sign up for the raffle! It shows a message on chat to confirm you're in. The raffle closes January 3rd. Winners will be announced on January 4th.

Good luck!

Black Friday at Black Tulip

Black Friday is coming this week! Starting Thursday at 6 AM SLT we're having a 50% off discount in all our books (including the big packs) and items in the Darkness store (including gachas). This is a great chance to start/continue with the Blender series and have some creepy fun. The discount is valid until Monday.

• Taxi to Books Store
• Taxi to Darkness Store

Black Tulip... Turns Five!

Black tulip turns five! And we're continuing with our tradition of making a 50% off sale in *all* our stores. (Please check note.)

Sale is up until January 8th, which will be the last day. After that date, some items will be retired to make room for new releases. Those items will be retired from Marketplace as well.

We're taking the chance to wish you a wonderful 2016. Thanks for your support :-)

NOTE: Individual poses and complete book packs are not included. Gachas are included.

New website in the works

At Black Tulip we're always trying to improve our customers' experience, and for that reason, we want to let you know that we're currently working on a major website redesign. The new website will include a clients area, which will be particularly useful to customers purchasing the Blender books.

We would like to take the chance to remind you that there are several ways of contacting us, should you have any problem with our products and services:

• Questions prior to any purchase, notifications of any kind of issue (from a mistaken price to a griefer at the store), suggestions: IM Auryn Beorn inworld. Don't worry and state your question as you open your IM! The sooner she knows what you need, the sooner she can help you. Also, don't worry if her profile shows her as offline: She receives offline IMs on her e-mail and will often get back to you when offline.
• Problems setting up a script: Use the Customer Service Form. Please fill it out with as much detail as possible. The more we know about the problem, the less time you'll have to wait to have it fixed.
• Double purchases, redelivery of items, custom work: Use the Customer Service Form.

We also want to remind you that Black Tulip is close to its fifth anniversary, and there will be a 50% off in all stores: Designers (scripts, books, mesh, animations), Poses and Props, Home and Garden, and Darkness.

Thank you for your continued support, and we hope that the upcoming website will be of your liking and will improve your experience with us.

Black Tulip... Turns Four!

Black Tulip started selling "class in a box" packs, then slowly added scripts for designers, tools for business, animations... then it came mesh... then since a year ago, poses and props... now some more of home and garden too... And here we are! Four years after. Hopefully, up for at least four more! Thank you everybody for your continued support, and let's make of 2015 an even better year. While 2015 arrives... 50% off sale, to celebrate.

Happy New Year!

Classes at Home and Garden Expo

Following, there's the classes schedule that Auryn Beorn will be offering at the Home and Garden Expo 2014. See you around!

Your taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Home%20Expo%20P/32/233/3002

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2 PM
LAG: WHAT CAN (ALL) SL RESIDENTS DO, TO MINIMIZE IT?

Format: Voice
Estimated time: 60 minutes

If there's something that can ruin our SL experience, that is lag. This doesn't mean that we should think, there's not a solution. There it is a solution to lag, if only each one of us contributes a little bit. In the past, scripts alone did for much of the problem, but nowadays with mesh, there's a new player on the game. Accompany me in this session, where I'll explain about different sources of lag, and what can you do to help minimizing it.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2 PM
INTRODUCTION TO MESH FOR CREATORS

Format: Voice
Estimated time: 60 minutes

Since Mesh hit the SL grid in August 2011, the visual quality of SL has given a big step forward, and nowadays, learning about mesh is a must for all creators. Whether you plan on learning a program (like Blender), or you prefer relying on templates made by other creators, there are several relevant concepts that you need to know about: Land impact, Physics, LODs, AO maps, Materials... We'll talk about all this, during this session.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21TH, 2 PM
ZERO-LAG SCRIPTING TIPS FOR CREATORS

Format: Voice
Estimated time: 60 minutes

Did you know that you can have several scripting effects running, with no scripts at all in your objects? In this class, we will explain the tricks and tips, which will help you in designing items that will have less scripts... and so, will cause less server side lag.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22TH, 2 PM
(VERY BASIC) INTRODUCTION TO SCRIPTS FOR CREATORS

Format: Voice
Estimated time: 60 minutes

When we want that our items turn on/off lights, change textures, open doors, play songs, animate avatars... We need scripts. Some scripts will be complex, and we'll need from a scripter, or purchasing them, but some other tasks are easy enough, so we could write them on our own. In each case, there are some basic concepts about scripts that we should know about. This session will be devoted to clarify all those basic concepts.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23TH, 2 PM
BASICS ON PERMISSIONS FOR CREATORS

Format: Voice
Estimated time: 60 minutes

Setting permissions correctly is a critical task in order to ensure that we do not distribute animations, scripts, sound clips, textures... against the license terms of the supplies we purchase. In this class, we'll discuss the basics of the permissions system in SL, as well as several common mistakes that we have to avoid.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2 PM
INTRODUCTION TO 3D MODELLING IN BLENDER FOR SL

Format: Voice
Estimated time: 75 minutes

Do you want to unleash your creativity by bringing 3D models to SL, but you aren't clear about how to go about it? In this class we'll give an introduction to all of the prerequisites and necessary steps we have to follow, using as an example the open source program Blender.

Current events

• Home and Garden Expo 2014
• The Liaison Collaborative, September 15th round: Technologic

Black Tulip, sponsor of the SL Christmas Expo. Opens today!

The SL Christmas Expo, in benefit of RFL, comes a third year, opening its doors today, December 5th at 10 AM SLT, and it will remain open until the 15th.

This year, Black Tulip has joined as sim sponsor, releasing three new items, all of them for the RFL vendors. Click here for the Taxi.

New Blender book for creators:

For photographers:

For everybody:

SL Christmas Expo opens today!

The SL Christmas Expo 2012 has opened today at 7 AM SLT. In support of Relay For Life of Second Life and the American Cancer Society, the Christmas Expo will be open until December 19th at 10PM SLT.

Spanning four SL regions, SL residents will be able to find Christmas gifts, find free 'Naughty or Nice' giveaway gifts being given out by every vendor, or visit Santa and have pictures taken. Residents can attend one of the many events: The Avi Choice Awards, Race for the Bells (a contest), Breedables One-Of-A-Kind Auction, Auction/Raffle and, of course, shopping and live music/DJ.

And here we are, in the region #1:

See you there!

Sei Lisa joins "Black Tulip"

Let's welcome Sei Lisa to "Black Tulip". She's a very skilled scripter that has joined me and will surprise us with RLV enabled and adult items as well as other tools and amazing animated items.

I'm very glad to have her here, and soon you will know of her creations.

Basic Scripting for Builders 1 & 2

"Basic Scripting for Builders" is the little brother of "Speaking LSL". Oriented to builders, it works at a very slow pace all the required concepts to understand scripts and know how to modify them.

First book covers the basic structure of a script, and answers to questions that even some scripters don't know.


Basic Scripting for Builders 1, available in Marketplace.

Then, the second book covers how to create scripts that react to touches, how to put two actions on touch, and how to put together several scripts on touch, so you have the same actions in just one. Enjoy!


Basic Scripting for Builders 2, available in Marketplace.

Mesh

LICENSE TERMS FOR "BLACK TULIP" FULL PERMISSIONS MESH OBJECTS

Full perms mesh objects created by Auryn Beorn are intended ONLY for content creators so they can USE them in their creations.

By purchasing any of these mesh objects you HAVE NOT purchased the ownership of them, nor does your purchase grant you full rights for their use. What you're purchasing is a LICENSE for LIMITED USE, ONLY as outlined in these terms and license conditions. By purchasing this license for use of Black Tulip mesh objects, you are agreeing to follow the terms of this license, and you agree that these mesh objects you have been given permission to use will NOT be distributed to others in their full permission-copy/transfer, unprotected state.

The specific terms of Black Tulip mesh objects' license for use are:

• You are NOT allowed to transfer Black Tulip mesh objects to anyone else with both copy AND transfer permissions under any circumstance, regardless of whether they are being sold or gifted.
• Mesh objects should NOT be sold or gifted as-is. Black Tulip mesh objects are to be used solely for the purpose of enhancing products by legitimate content creators.
• You must change either the transfer or copy permissions on Black Tulip mesh objects before they are distributed as part of your creations.
• You must take steps as outlined below to help ensure that Black Tulip mesh objects are never transferred to anyone else with full permissions by mistake.
• You may not reverse engineer the mesh objects in order to obtain a .dae file. Access to the original .dae files is NOT included in the license of the mesh objects.

This license is valid only for Second Life.

By purchasing and/or accepting these full permission mesh objects, you agree to abide by the specific terms of this licensing agreement. If you do not agree to these terms or if you are unable to comply for any reason, you must delete all Black Tulip mesh objects and retain no copies of them. Because of the full permissions state of Black Tulip mesh objects, I DO NOT OFFER REFUNDS FOR ANY REASON.

Violations of Black Tulip's License Agreement will be reported to Linden Labs; further legal action may also result.

Protect your investment and the integrity of Black Tulip mesh objects by making sure that you NEVER FORGET to change the permissions before transferring an item.

The best way to abide by the license is to take care of it immediately after purchase:

1. After unpacking the mesh objects into your inventory, please locate the folder where the mesh objects are stored.
2. REZ the mesh item. Right click to choose "Edit". Click the "General" tab and look for the permissions for NEXT OWNER at the bottom of this tab.
3. Uncheck either "Copy" or "Resell/Give Away" (Transfer), depending on what permissions most of your products are transferred or sold with.
4. Delete the mesh object *in your inventory*. Now take the rezzed mesh object with the permissions changed back to your inventory.
5. Repeat this for EACH Black Tulip mesh object you have purchased or received.

Of course, you will be able to change the permissions later if you need to, but if you have them set from the moment you unpack, you will never forget to set them later.

Please feel free to contact me, Auryn Beorn, if you have any questions about the mesh objects or this license agreement.

Sculpt maps and Textures

LICENSE TERMS FOR "BLACK TULIP" FULL PERMISSIONS SCULPT MAPS AND TEXTURES
© Copyright 2012 Auryn Beorn

Full perms sculpt maps and textures created by Auryn Beorn are intended ONLY for content creators so they can USE them in their creations.

By purchasing any of these sculpt maps and textures you HAVE NOT purchased the ownership of them, nor does your purchase grant you full rights for their use. What you're purchasing is a LICENSE for LIMITED USE, ONLY as outlined in these terms and license conditions. By purchasing this license for use of Black Tulip sculpt maps and textures, you are agreeing to follow the terms of this license, and you agree that these sculpt maps and textures you have been given permission to use will NOT be distributed to others in their full permission, unprotected state.

The specific terms of Black Tulip sculpt maps and textures' license for use are:

• You are NOT allowed to transfer Black Tulip sculpt maps and textures to anyone else with both copy AND transfer permissions under any circumstance, regardless of whether they are being sold or gifted.
• Sculpt maps and textures should NOT be sold or gifted as individual sculpt maps and textures in any form or by any permissions. Black Tulip sculpt maps and textures are to be used solely for the purpose of enhancing products by legitimate content creators.
• You must change either the transfer or copy permissions on Black Tulip sculpt maps and textures before they are distributed as part of your creations.
• You must change the permissions of the items you create when using Black Tulip sculpt maps and textures: they can't be full permissions for next owner. Those items that you create (never the sculpt maps and textures themselves) may be copy/transfer for next owner at most (so you are able of creating wearable props if you need so.)
• You must take steps as outlined below to help ensure that Black Tulip sculpt maps and textures are never transferred to anyone else with full permissions by mistake.
• You may download the sculpt maps and textures to your local hard drive for the purpose of editing them to best fit your creations, but you can't resell the resulting sculpt maps and textures as your own creations in texture asset state. You may, of course, sell your creations that use them, but never in full permissions state. Same rules as stated above apply for the modified sculpt maps and textures that you obtain by working with these ones purchased from me.

This license is valid only for Second Life. If you wish to transfer these maps to other grids, we'll have to get to an agreement.

By purchasing and/or accepting these full permission sculpt maps and textures, you agree to abide by the specific terms of this licensing agreement. If you do not agree to these terms or if you are unable to comply for any reason, you must delete all Black Tulip sculpt maps and textures and retain no copies of them. Because of the full permissions state of Black Tulip sculpt maps and textures, I DO NOT OFFER REFUNDS FOR ANY REASON.

Violations of Black Tulip's License Agreement will be reported to Linden Labs; further legal action may also result.

Protect your investment and the integrity of Black Tulip sculpt maps and textures by making sure that you NEVER FORGET to change the permissions before transferring an item.

The best way to protect against this is to take care of it immediately after purchase:

1. After unpacking the sculpt maps and textures into your inventory, please locate the folder where the sculpt maps and textures are located and right click to choose "Properties".
2. Uncheck either "Copy" or "Resell/Give Away", depending on what permissions most of your products are transferred or sold with. Of course, you will be able to change the permissions later if you need to, but if you have them set from the moment you unpack, you will never forget to set them later.
3. Repeat this for EACH Black Tulip sculpt maps and textures you have purchased or received.

Please feel free to contact me, Auryn Beorn, if you have any questions about the sculpt maps and textures or this license agreement.

Sounds

LICENSE TERMS FOR "BLACK TULIP" FULL PERMISSIONS SOUND SAMPLES
© Copyright 2010 Auryn Beorn

Full perms sound samples created by Auryn Beorn are intended ONLY for content creators so they can USE them in their creations.

By purchasing any of these sound samples you HAVE NOT purchased the ownership of them, nor does your purchase grant you full rights for their use. What you're purchasing is a LICENSE for LIMITED USE, ONLY as outlined in these terms and license conditions. By purchasing this license for use of Black Tulip sound samples, you are agreeing to follow the terms of this license, and you agree that these sound samples you have been given permission to use will NOT be distributed to others in their full permission, unprotected state.

The specific terms of Black Tulip sound samples' license for use are:

• You are NOT allowed to transfer Black Tulip sound samples to anyone else with both copy AND transfer permissions under any circumstance, regardless of whether they are being sold or gifted.
• Sound samples should NOT be sold or gifted as individual sound samples in any form or by any permissions. Black Tulip sound samples are to be used solely for the purpose of enhancing products by legitimate content creators.
• You must change either the transfer or copy permissions on Black Tulip sound samples before they are distributed as part of your creations.
• You must take steps as outlined below to help ensure that Black Tulip sound samples are never transferred to anyone else with full permissions by mistake.

By purchasing and/or accepting these full permission sound samples, you agree to abide by the specific terms of this licensing agreement. If you do not agree to these terms or if you are unable to comply for any reason, you must delete all Black Tulip sound samples and retain no copies of them. Because of the full permissions state of Black Tulip sound samples, I DO NOT OFFER REFUNDS FOR ANY REASON.

Violations of Black Tulip's License Agreement will be reported to Linden Labs; further legal action may also result.

Protect your investment and the integrity of Black Tulip sound samples by making sure that you NEVER FORGET to change the permissions before transferring an item.

The best way to protect against this is to take care of it immediately after purchase:

1. After unpacking the sound samples into your inventory, please locate the folder where the sound sample(s) is/are located and right click to choose "Properties".
2. Uncheck either "Copy" or "Resell/Give Away", depending on what permissions most of your products are transferred or sold with. Of course, you will be able to change the permissions later if you need to, but if you have them set from the moment you unpack, you will never forget to set them later.
3. Repeat this for EACH Black Tulip sound samples you have purchased or received.

Please feel free to contact me, Auryn Beorn, if you have any questions about the sound samples or this license agreement.

Scripts

By acquiring any script package, you agree to:

• SET Permissions for Next Owner of all scripts included in your purchase to one of these:
  
  • Copy/No Modify/No Transfer
  • No Copy/No Modify/Transfer
  Detailed instructions about how to do all this follow.
• NEVER give away any of the scripts contained in your purchase under any circumstances with both copy and transfer permissions enabled for next owner. NEVER leave modify enabled for next owner.

The script/s you purchase are EXCLUSIVELY to be used in the items you sell/gift: you are responsible for any misuse. Alts are not recognized. Partners are not recognized. Licenses are per account. If you're found sharing the scripts with other accounts with both copy and transfer permissions, your license is void.

How to change Permissions for Next Owner correctly?

The quickest way is to change them in your inventory, so you have them ready to drop in your items.

To do this, right click the script you want to set permissions for next owner, and click the Properties window. This opens a window where you will see a line at bottom saying:

Next owner can:
[ ] Modify [ ] Copy [ ] Resell/Give away

By checking those marks we ALLOW what the next owner can do. By leaving them empty, we're restricting what next owner can do.

NOTE: Resell/Give away is what, in short, is generally referred to as TRANSFER.

If your build is COPY/NO TRANSFER, you should adjust the permissions for next owner of the main script this way:

Copy/No Modify/No Transfer

If your build is NO COPY/TRANSFER, you should adjust the permissions for next owner of the main script this way:

No Copy/No Modify/Transfer

Use an alt to check permissions for next owner, to make sure you've set them correctly.

Check this tutorial about the basics on permissions in SL and the Preparing your products for sale. Permissions... and more of the Merchant Resource series for more information and examples about how to set permissions for next owner correctly.

Animations

Updated 2012-07-22

LICENSE TERMS FOR "BLACK TULIP" FULL PERMISSIONS ANIMATIONS
© Copyright 2012 Auryn Beorn

Full perms poses/animations created by Auryn Beorn are intended ONLY for content creators so they can USE them in their creations.

By purchasing any of these poses/animations you HAVE NOT purchased the ownership of them, nor does your purchase grant you full rights for their use. What you're purchasing is a LICENSE for LIMITED USE, ONLY as outlined in these terms and license conditions. By purchasing this license for use of Black Tulip Animations, you are agreeing to follow the terms of this license, and you agree that these animations you have been given permission to use will NOT be distributed to others in their full permission, unprotected state.

The specific terms of Black Tulip Animations' license for use are:

• You are NOT allowed to transfer Black Tulip Animations to anyone else with both copy AND transfer permissions under any circumstance, regardless of whether they are being sold or gifted.
• Animations should NOT be sold or gifted as individual animations in any form or by any permissions. Black Tulip Animations are to be used solely for the purpose of animating and enhancing products by legitimate content creators. HUDs, AOs, etc however are all acceptable under the terms of this license, so long as the person purchasing this licensing is also the creator of said items and agrees to its terms.

To clarify the paragraph above:

• Don't sell pose balls only! These animations MUST be included in your creation, which has to be OTHER than a pose ball (or equivalent - a box with only a pose script IS a pose ball.)
• Photographers and poses sellers, don't sell them as "pose packs" and that's it! They have to be included in a build. ADD VALUE to the poses, you are not purchasing resell rights for pose packs even if perms are changed!

• You must change either the transfer or copy permissions on Black Tulip Animations before they are distributed as part of your creations.
• You must take steps as outlined below to help ensure that Black Tulip Animations are never transferred to anyone else with full permissions by mistake.

By purchasing and/or accepting these full permission animations, you agree to abide by the specific terms of this licensing agreement. If you do not agree to these terms or if you are unable to comply for any reason, you must delete all Black Tulip Animations and retain no copies of them. Because of the full permissions state of Black Tulip Animations, I DO NOT OFFER REFUNDS FOR ANY REASON.

Violations of Black Tulip's License Agreement will be reported to Linden Labs; further legal action may also result.

Protect your investment and the integrity of Black Tulip Animations by making sure that you NEVER FORGET to change the permissions before transferring an item.

The best way to protect against this is to take care of it immediately after purchase:

1. After unpacking the poses and animations into your inventory, please locate the folder where the animation(s) is/are located and right click to choose "Properties".
2. Uncheck either "Copy" or "Resell/Give Away", depending on what permissions most of your products are transferred or sold with. Of course, you will be able to change the permissions later if you need to, but if you have them set from the moment you unpack, you will never forget to set them later.
3. Repeat this for EACH Black Tulip Animation you have purchased or received.

Please feel free to contact me, Auryn Beorn, if you have any questions about the animations or this license agreement.

Class In A Box

Copyright notice and terms of use for Auryn Beorn's scripting/building classes

LAST UPDATE: 2013-03-24

By purchasing my «Class in a Box», you're purchasing carefully elaborated supplies, most of them without perms restrictions, plus detailed, informative notes and/or books with instructions and explanations about the topic. Some of these classes were taught from 2010 June to 2012 September while I was at the Builder's Brewery, and others are completely new.

You're agreeing with these conditions when you purchase any of my «Class in a Box» items:

• All the notes, scripts and other supplies made by me are not for resale or being given away.
• You can use and modify my scripts/other supplies in your own builds, and sell your builds with them included (see note below).
• You are not allowed to use my scripts/other supplies in the boxes to give your own classes.
• You can't use my class notes/books, nor parts of them, for you giving your own classes.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you use the scripts in your builds/kits, ALWAYS set the permissions for next owner, for them, to NO MODIFY *AND* either NO COPY or NO TRANSFER. Also, if you use the textures, sculpt maps, sounds, animations, mesh in your builds, set them to NO COPY, or to NO TRANSFER.