EasySharingTipJarV3 Version 3

Gorgeous confetti when tips received, encouraging more tips. Everything is copyable (and the actual tipjar prims are copy/mod so you can re-size or re-texture them.). If you wanted, you could copy all the stuff from one of the tipjars and place it in a tipjar of your own design.

This is a "SHARING" tipjar, designed to share tips among several entertainers (or club owners). All the entertainers who are logged into the tipjar will evenly share in any tip given while they are logged in. It also works quite well for a club with multiple owners who may want to evenly share among tips. There is an option for the owner to take a cut of everything (before distribution to entertainers).

General instructions:

* You MUST have a group to which you and the entertainers belong.

* You (as the owner of the tip jar) will rez it to initialize this script. When the entertainers log out of the tip jar, they will be paid their share.

* You (as owner) may also want to be an entertainer (and share in the tips). If this is so, you must log in as an entertainer as a second step. If you do not do this, you will not get a share of the tips (unless you have the device setup for the owner to take a percentage). To log in (or log out) as an entertainer, you must right-click and then "Touch" on the pie options. You will get a menu allowing you to log in (or log out). A single-click of the tip jar will bring up the "Pay" menu, making it convenient for customers.

* All other entertainers will log in (and log out) of the tip jar as outlined above. You will need to instruct them on how to do this (with the right-click). People not in the group will not be allowed to do this.

* Any tip given is evenly divided among the entertainers who are logged in at that moment. However, tips are not distributed to any entertainer until the entertainer logs out or requests them from the tip jar's menu. The owner's cut (percentage) will be automatically deducted.

* The moment an entertainer logs out, any tips due to them will be given to them (from the linden tips you are holding as the owner) at that time.

* There is also a "Show List" option on the menu. This is just a way for you (the owner) or any of the entertainers to get a listing of the tips and their shared distribution at that point in time.

* Customers (not in the group) will not be able to right-click and "Touch" the tip jar. Then can only "Pay" it (i.e., give a tip).

* An entertainer who abandons their tips will be logged out and paid their tips (unless the KeepEarningWhenGone option is activated). How does an entertainer abandon tips? They leave the parcel for more than 10 minutes (or however long the MinutesTillAbandoned option is set at). However, if the region is down (restarting, or whatever), this 10 minute timer stops running until the region comes back up. If an entertainer abandons their tips, they must log back in to start receiving more tips.

* There is a "Pay All, Done" option on the menu. This can only be use by the tip jar's owner. It is a way to pay all the logged in entertainers, and log them all out. It is useful when a gig is over. If you intend to remove the tip jar (taking it back to inventory), you (as the owner) should execute this "Pay All, Done" option before removing the tip jar, so that the entertainers get their tips. If you don't do this, the entertainers won't get paid, and you will just keep all the undistributed tips. If you wish to distribute tips without logging out the entertainers, use the "Pay All" (without "Done") option.

The owner/entertainer menu options are:

Log In - Entertainers (with the correct group) use this option to start sharing in tips.

Pay Me - Entertainers use this option to get their tips they've earned so far. They stay logged in with this option.

Log Out - Entertainers use this option to get their tips and log out. Once they're logged out, they stop sharing in tips.

Show List - Entertainers (or the owner) uses this option to show who is logged in and how much they've earned.

Pay All - Only owner can use this option. It is used to distribute earned tips and set everything back to zero. Logged in entertainers are not logged out.

Pay All, Done - Only owner can use this option. This is the same as 'Pay All' except everyone is logged out. This is a good option to press just before the owner picks up the tip jar.

Reread Notecard - Only owner can use this option. This is a way to tell the script to re-read the notecard and acknowledge changes in the settings.