Associate Program

What is an Associate?

A Really Needy Associate is a content creator in Second Life who is incorporating Really Needy scripts into their creations to make them compatible with the Really Needy ecosystem, in order to sell or re-sell these creations to users.

Creations could include food and beverage items for consumption (to restore Hunger and Thirst), or various types of furniture - such as beds and sofas (to restore Energy), showers and bath-tubs (to restore Hygiene) and toilets (to restore Toilet).
By paying a flat fee for an Associate License, you agree to the conditions specified for the type of license and are granted certain scripts for use within your creations. This includes:
- An Associate License which comes in the form of a script (copy permissions) for you to setup your objects with the necessary parameters
- An end-user script (copy + transfer permissions) for you to include in your objects for further sale and distribution. You will need to set the user script next-owner permissions to either [Transfer, No Copy] or [Copy, No Transfer] before sale.

Whether you are a professional mesh designer, existing SL brand owner, Really Needy customer or just a fan of Really Needy products, you are welcome to become an Associate!

What is the difference between an Associate and Affiliate?

An affiliate places vendors (Caspervend) for Really Needy products on their land, and earns a commission whenever someone buys something from the vendor. Currently the Really Needy Affiliate Program covers pharmacy and pregnancy-related products.

An Associate pays a license fee which grants the use of certain Needy scripts for incorporating into products they sell, to make them Needy-compatible.

What are the different licenses/scripts for Associates?

There are 3 types of licenses for making consumables - refer to C3, C4 and C5 in the table below. They differ mainly by the maximum values for Hunger/Thirst that they are able to restore per feed.

There are also 2 types of licenses for making usables - refer to U3 and U4 in the table below. They differ mainly by the maximum values for Energy/Hygiene/Toilet that they can restore per cycle (10 seconds).

Associate License Scripts

Other configuration parameters supported by C3, C4 and C5 include: REZ_OFFSET, REZ_ROT, HAND_POS, HAND_ROT for specifying position and rotation for objects rezzed or attached to hand, ANIMATION_HOLD, ANIMATION_CONSUME, CONSUME_DURATION, STEAM ON, STEAM OFF. For details, please refer to this page.

C3, C4 and C5 comes with the *really needy [LSD CONSUME] v4.0 script with Copy+Transfer permissions. You will need to change the permissions of the script to Transfer only before distributing your product.

U3 and U4 comes with the *really needy [LSD USE] v3.0 script with Copy+Transfer permissions. You will need to change the permissions of the script to Transfer only or Copy only before distributing your product. If your product is sold with Copy permissions, the script should be set to Copy only. If your product is sold with Transfer perms, the script should be set to Transfer only.

Is there a video walk-through of how to use these scripts?

Yes!

This 4½ minute clip shows how to make your item a Consumable in 5 easy steps.

This 2½ minute clip shows how to make your furniture an Usable in 5 easy steps.

Where do I buy the license and scripts?

The vendors have been setup at this SLurl.

For Associate License related news and discussions, join our Discord server; we have a specific channel here: #associate-program.