By Wesley Regenbogen
A few days
ago Hope Driftwood taught me how to ride my virtual horse Silver Fire
for the first time. I must
admit it was quite an experience ! How I rode my virtual horse, I
will explain you later in this article. Let me
first show you the stats of my virtual horse Silver Fire first ( at
the moment of writing, it might be changed after it ) :
Silver
Fire
Version
5.0
Age 24
Gender
male
Nourishment
1%
Energy 77%
Happiness
92%
Fervor
100%
Coat:
Silver Mecklenburger
Eye: Fire
Element
Mane: Long
Tail: Long
Coat Gleam
High
Hair Gleam
High
Coat
Luster Low
Coat Gloom
Hair Gloom
Coat Opal
Hair Opal
Hoof Kiwi
Ear Style
Half Droop Left
Wing: Wild
Turkey
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These
stats look very good, right ? I thought so as well. I hope
Silver Fire stays that way.
How to
ride a virtual horse in Second Life :
First you
need to take the horse into your inventory, so if you are at the
horse box, you need to click your virtual horse and then choose
“Take” in the menu that appears. Once it’s
in your inventory you will need to rezz it somewhere before you can
ride it. If it’s
rezzed out, you will need to ride it, but that’s easy enough.
You need
to click the virtual horse and “Add” it to your avatar, DON’T
“Wear” it, because that will NOT work. Once you
“Added” your virtual horse you will see your avatar sitting on
the virtual horse.
Moving
your virtual horse around is as easy as moving your avatar around,
with the plain ol’ arrow keys on your keyboard, not the ones on
your number pad, though. If you
would like to go forward, you will need to tap the “up” key on
the keyboard. If you
want to gallop, double tap the “up” key and keep it pressed. You will
hear the sound of a horse going into gallop.
In my
personal opinion, I find that it’s not hard at all to ride a virtual horse. Once you
get the hang of it, it’s super easy, trust me. If you
ever buy a virtual horse and it’s over age 9, you can ride it.
If you
have questions about getting, managing or riding a virtual horse, you
can contact Hope Driftwood and ask her about it.
Conclusion
:
Riding
virtual horses isn’t that hard to learn and once you get the hang
of it, it’s quite awesome. It’s
like with everything in Second Life, the first time you need to
adjust a bit to the new things. At first I thought, ”It's going to be
difficult to ride my virtual horse”. But Hope Driftwood guided me
step-by-step and afterwards, I though “Well, that wasn’t
difficult at all”.
So, you
see, it’s not hard at all. If you get yourself a virtual
horse, follow the instructions above ( if it’s the same with the
virtual horse you bought, of course ) and then you are on your way in
no time.
So, happy
virtual horseback riding !
Wesley Regenbogen
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