Tip of the Week #48: Custom collision sounds

Hey, what’s that sound? The answer here is a little-known fact that needs to be spread more: you can customize the collision sound an object makes. That’s right, you can make a falling anvil sound like its cartoon counterpart, a glass can emit a startling "crash!", or you can do something completely different to confound and astound bystanders. You can even silence an object (like thunky stairs). NOTE: This feed is being "frozen" for an indefinite amount of time because of low usage. I apologize for the inconvenience. If you want to be notified of new video tutorials, please see or

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Tip of the Week #48: Custom collision sounds is an episode from Second Life Official: Interviews, Video Tutorials, & Machinima by Second Life.

This episode is 10:32 long.

This episode was published on Aug 23, 2008.

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