Really Needy HUD
for your Second Life
Buy ready-to-eat
food or
make your own
ABOUT
OVERVIEW
PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
RESTORING METERS
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Enhance your roleplay immersive experience by simulating the following physiological conditions of your avatar:
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Hunger
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Thirst
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Energy
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Health
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Hygiene
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Toilet
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Procreation
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To satisfy the Need, your avatar needs to eat, drink, rest, shower and use the toilet
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The HUD interacts with scripted food / drink / furniture / items that will restore the Needs meters.
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Each of the 5 physiological needs (Hunger, Thirst, Energy, Hygiene, Toilet) has a meter will decrease from 100% to 0% over a period of time.
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The speed at which each of these 5 meters drops is called the consumption Rate, measured in number of seconds where it will drop by 20%.
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You can customise* the Rate for each meter.
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You can customise* the emotes for each Need per 20%. Emotes are owner-only to avoid chat pollution.
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When any of the Hunger, Thirst, or Energy meters reach 0%, it will have an adverse effect on your avatar's Health.
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* For authorised users (eg. sim owner) for RPG Edition only
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To restore Hunger / Thirst meters, your avatar needs to consume food and drinks.
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To restore Energy meter, your avatar needs to rest.
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To restore Hygiene meter, your avatar needs to use the shower or bath or amenities for washing.
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To restore Toilet meter, your avatar need to relieve himself/herself.
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To restore Health meter, your avatar needs medical treatment.
​To minimise the space that the HUD takes up, click the arrow icon to slide the meters off-screen. (Not available in version 1)
STATUS INDICATORS
REST INDICATOR
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Click on the Rest Indicator to check your current consumption Rates.
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While you are sitting on an object (regardless of any pose or animation), it is assumed your avatar is at rest, so your consumption Rates will be halved. The Rest Indicator will light up.
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When your avatar stands up, your Rates will go back to normal.
PREGNANCY MODE INDICATOR
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If you click the button with the pregnant icon at the top of the HUD, the HUD will go into pregnancy mode.
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In pregnancy mode, consumption Rates will be doubled.
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This button will be disabled if you have the Conception add-on (ie. Lifestyle Edition Adult)
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CHAT COMMANDS
/resetpos
/resetsize
Resets the position / size of the HUD on your screen (please wear/attach it first)
/pause
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/resume
The meters will stop dropping for a period of time.
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The meters will continue dropping as per their Rate
/statson
/statsoff
Displays / hides the value of each meter as hovertext
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/stealthon
/stealthoff
Makes the HUD semi-transparent / opaque
/rlvon
/rlvoff
Enable / disable RLV functions (eg. blurred vision)
/male
/female
Hide / show the pregnancy mode button
/restmsgon
/restmsgoff
Turns on / off the status message on consumption rate when you sit or stand
/eat
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/drink
Search for something to eat nearby (to satisfy HUNGER)
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Search for something to drink nearby (to satisfy THIRST)
/rest
Search for something to rest on nearby (to restore ENERGY)
/treat
Search for something nearby to treat a medical condition (to restore HEALTH)
/use
Search for amenities nearby to clean or relieve yourself (to restore HYGIENE or TOILET)
/arousalon
/arousaloff
Change the PROCREATION meter from Cycle mode to Arousal mode, or vice versa
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/checkupdate
Check for updates
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CUSTOMISATION
CUSTOMISING CONSUMPTION RATES
Authorised users (ie. the Game Master) for RPG Edition
are able to customise the speed at which Hunger, Thirst, Energy decreases.
A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE HUD
Role Playing Game (RPG) Edition
For the RPG Edition of the Really Needy HUD, authorised users (eg. sim owner, Game Master) can adjust how fast roleplayer need meters decrease and what the emotes say.
CUSTOMISING NEED EMOTES
Authorised users (ie. the Game Master) for RPG Edition can customise the owner emotes when a need meter is at 100%, 80%, 60%, 40%, 20% and 0%.
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Note: Keyboard shortcuts are available for the common chat commands by using gestures. Refer to notecard in your delivery folder on shortcut keys.
The HUD (and Needy Roleplay Titler) will be auto-attached as part of an Experience. Multiple players can use the HUD without having to acquire/purchase it individually as the Experience will automatically attach the HUD if they are wearing the roleplay group tag. The HUD will detach automatically when they leave the sim.
Lifestyle Edition
For the Lifestyle Edition of the Really Needy HUD, the emotes and rates are not customisable.
STANDARD CONSUMPTION RATES
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The default SL day cycle (if region owner does not set custom time of day or custom day cycle) is four hours long, with three hours of daylight and one hour of night.
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The following are the standard consumption rates for the Lifestyle Edition (Adult and Lite) which correspond with the SL day of 4 hours RL time.
HUNGER consumption rate has been set to 1 hour (3600 seconds), so that roughly speaking your avatar needs to eat 3 times in the SL day. The meter would have fallen to 40% by the end of the SL day if your avatar had not eaten at all.
HYGIENE rate is set to 4 hours (14400 seconds). So that you feel the need to take a shower if you have not done so for one SL day.
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THIRST rate is set to slightly shorter than the Hunger rate (3000 seconds). Usually death by dehydration happens faster than by starvation.
TOILET rate is set to slightly more than 1 hour (4000 seconds). Your avatar will need to relieve himself/herself if he/she has not gone to the loo for 3 hours.
ENERGY rate is set to 3 hours (10800 seconds). If your avatar does not sleep for 1 SL night, he/she will be tired can still function. If he/she does not sleep for 3 SL days and nights, he/she will be exhausted.
CYCLE (PROCREATION) rate is set to 4 hours (14400 seconds) which is one SL day.
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These Rates (with the exception of Procreation) will become halved when the avatar is resting, and will double if the avatar is pregnant.
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Rates for the Lifestyle Edition Junior will be faster than the Adult/Lite, depending on their virtual age.
Comparison of HUD editions
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​The Lifestyle Edition Adult comes with the Conception add-on, and is thus capable of impregnating a female.
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​​The Lifestyle Edition Lite does not include Conception. However it can be purchased & installed separately later.
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​The Lifestyle Edition Junior does not include Procreation need and any of the add-ons. The max values and rates of the meters are lower than grown-ups for players who are roleplaying kids/tweens/teenagers. It works with the Age Controller.
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The Lifestyle Edition Novice does not include Procreation need and any of the add-ons and is priced at 1L$.
Lifestyle Edition NOVICE
The Lifestyle Edition NOVICE is for SL residents who do not require the Procreation need or are not ready yet to purchase the LITE or ADULT version. It also has the following special features:
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Earn Sustenance Experience Points (SXP) by eating and drinking. 1 SXP is earned per 20% of Hunger and/or Thirst restored.
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Earn rewards at each SXP Level when your avatar unlocks a new level on the Novice Leaderboard*.
SXP
10
20
50
100
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800
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1200
1400
1600
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SXP Level
0
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1
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3
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5
6
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10
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Reward
Unlock Hygiene need
Unlock Toilet need
Basket of bread rolls or Plate of bagels or Plate of donuts
Really Comfy Teak Chair (with REST script)
Really Handy Bathroom Soap
Healing potion
Unlock ability to take Jobs
[Farming - Crop Agriculture] Pack of 5 seeds for beetroot, carrot or spinach
[Culinary Arts] Recipe for waffles with strawberries, pancakes with syrup or french toast
Lemon sapling, orange sapling or avocado sapling
[Farming - Animal Husbandry] Hen
Win a Lifestyle Edition LITE HUD
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* The Really Needy HUD LE Novice Leaderboard is located in The Needy Zone in my in-world store. Note that to receive the reward, your avatar needs to stand within 1m of the leaderboard when the SXP is eligible for reaching the next level. If a level is skipped before going to the board (ie. you did not claim the reward for one level but the SXP is now eligible for a higher level), the reward for the previous level(s) cannot be claimed anymore. Requests for exceptions will not be entertained. Each level reward can only be claimed once. If you lose SXP and gain it back, you cannot claim a reward again.
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​Limitations of the Novice version
(1) No Procreation need
(2) Cannot install Add-ons
(3) Sustenance XP will be lost upon death
(4) No RLV features (eg. automatic wearing of BOM layers)
(5) Cannot use the Needs Recharging Station
(6) Max need is 100%
(7) Can only take Jobs from SXP Level 5 onwards