Missy Returns!

I have been afk for a while but have returned all refreshed from swimming and sunning and eating and drinking and <insert fun thing here>. I will answer all the email and IM questions I received while away as soon as possible.

p.s. RL is super fun sometimes!

How to Disable the Pandorabot Greeter

A few Pandorabot owners have contacted me requesting assistance disabling the Greeter. By default, the Pandorabot runs a greeter script which welcomes new arrivals and delivers a notecard, landmark, and Pandorabot Users Guide. To disable this functionality simply edit the Configuration notecard in the Pandorabot contents and add a line at the beginning of the notecard as follows:

    GREET_ENABLED = FALSE

Save the notecard and the Pandorabot will reset and disable the Greeter script.

However, older versions of the Pandorabots may not properly disable the Greeter script after modifying the Configuration notecard as described above. If this is the case with your Pandorabot you can request an update (free) by IM'ing Missy Restless inworld or emailing missyrestless@gmail.com. Alternately, you can disable the Greeter function by simply deleting the Greeter script from the Pandorabot contents. Prior to deleting the script, copy it to your inventory in case you wish to re-enable the Greeter later.

METAbolt 0.9.46.0 Does Not Support Physics Layer

Due to changing versions of libopenmv the current release of METAbolt does not support the physics layer. What this means is that your Pandorabot METAbolt bot should not wear any physics layer. There is a known issue with interaction of the physics layer and viewers not supporting the physics layer where the avatar may occasionally be "Ruthed" (take on the appearance of the Ruth starter avatar). To be safe, for now, do not wear a physics layer on avatars using METAbolt 0.9.46.0.

I have communicated with Legolas Luke, the primary METAbolt developer, and he indicates that physics layer support is coming. Stay tuned.