Region Messages

January 18, 2008 · 56 views · 2 comments

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Um ... wow? I was just in a Havok 4 Simulator and teleported back home. The first thing that I saw was a Region Message. This one was not the standard ones in a blue dialog box in the upper right-hand corner. It was an actual window that appeared to be a web page.

Region MessageBasic InfoYou are entering a region which is running a different simulator version than your previous region.

You can obtain more information in the knowledge base.

Interestingly enough, the knowledge base link doesn't work. No additional browser windows opened inside or outside of second life. (bug reporting time).

What amazes me is the possiblity that the owners of the region may get control over this. Many places give you a notecard once you enter the region. The trick is to force everyone to arrive at the same location and detect their physical collision with an invisible object. With a region message like this, there are no detection objects that are needed, and you don't need to restrict people to where they enter the simulator. An added benefit is HTML. Look at the pretty colors, the sizes of the font, the link to a web page, and a horizontal rule. It all looks so much nicer then a notecard.

Posted by Second Life Resident Dedric Mauriac. Visit Woodbridge.

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▓▒░ TORLEY ░▒▓ January 19, 2008
*waves* What you mention re: estate owner control is what I've hoped for, for a long time! Many eons (well, not THAT long) ago, I suggested a type of "You are now entering..." customizable notice, a seed which was interspersed with other Lindens' ideas and eventually became Covenants. But to my lament, Covenants aren't the most obvious unless you know where to look, whereas a popup like this on entering a region — it's much easier to see. I'm with you on the "It all looks so much nicer then a notecard" front too!

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Dedric Mauriac January 20, 2008
Yea. I'm all for ease-of-use and friendliness. Most of the time, programmers are not that big on these fronts and are all about features. Perhaps I'm just a little unique in this field.

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