Configuring Freebie Weapons

Setting up the Sabrina Freebie Bow

At the arrival skybox we are offering a number of freebie weapons.
Setup may warry from weapon to weapon, but the principle is the same

1. Get the weapon

Get the weapon from its box by simply touching it. Watch nearby chat to see where it got delivered to and what name it has.

2. Find the folder in your inventory

Note that in this case the folder contains four items:

2 versions of the weapon (sheated and drawn)
2 gestures to actually draw and sheat the weapon

3. Add the weapon objects to your avatar

Right-Click on the two items, one after the other, and select "add".

This will automatically add it to the correct position.

You now should be wearing the sheated bow, the drawn one should be invisible.

You may adjust the position of the sheated bow using SL's editing tools.

4. Activate the gestures

Right-click on each gesture individually and select "activate".
The bow now can be drawn by saying
/1 draw bow
in nearby chat.
By saying
/1 sheath bow
it will be sheated.
Now this is not very handy and you may be long "dead" before you have managed to draw the weapon this way.

5. Configure Shortcuts

Fortunately you can configure shortcuts.
Lets assume you want to use the
<F1> key to draw the bow
and you would like to use
<F2> to sheath it.
Here is what to do.
Double-click the "/1 draw bow" gesture. A window will pop up.
Find the "Shortcut Key" line and select the rightmost option. Select "F1" from the pulldown list.
Hit Safe!
Do the same for the "/1 sheath bow" gesture, selecting F2 in this case.

Now you should be able to draw the bow, using the F1 key and sheath it again using the F2 key. Of course you may use different single- or double-key shortcuts, as you like.

6. 

Using the weapon

The bow, as an example is used in "Mouselook" mode.

Camera (point of view) controls - English - Second Life Community

Other weapons not. You need to find out what works.