In this, the last of the Advanced Second Life Skills, we'll create a simple floor lamp for your home. Then we'll use scripting to turn the light on and off in a couple of ways.

To help guide you as you build the lamp, we've put a model in your Inventory.

1. Go to your home, or find a nice, flat area to build your lamp.

You can build on your own land, or on public land. You can only build on someone else's land if they give you permission.

2. Open your Inventory.

3. Open the Objects folder.

4. Open the Household folder.

5. Find the Floor Lamp, and drag it out of your Inventory and onto the ground near you.

As you can see, the lamp is made of three parts, each of which is a different shape: a square base, a cylindrical pole, and a half-spherical globe (the part that lights up).

You'll also notice that the lamp isn't very beautiful -- but it's nice and simple, so it makes a good first project.

6. Click on the lamp's globe.

The light turns off.

7. Click on the lamp's globe again.

The light turns on.

8. Hit Enter (Return), type "off" then hit Enter again.

The light turns off.

9. Hit Enter (Return), type "on" then hit Enter again.

The light turns on.

As you can see, the lamp is reasonably functional. Click next to begin building your own version of the lamp.

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