Sorry, false advertising. This toy (probably) won't find you new friends, but on the plus side it'll keep good track of your existing ones - or maybe your partner, your pets or whoever! An arrow available in multiple styles hangs above your character and points to a person of your choosing, regardless how you or they move around, and displays a message. If they're not around, the arrow and text disappear! Simple menu-driven operation with an automatic target finder.
Check out the video link for a short GIF clip of it in action.
Using this to cheat at hide & seek is naughty and not condoned.
Contents:
- ready-to-wear Friend Finder attachment for your avatar (avatar center)
How to use:
1) Just add it to your avatar - using any other attachment slot than avatar center will lead to errors in the pointing direction since the arrow would follow your animations!
2) You'll be presented the menu to control the arrow. You can click the arrow or the spot where the arrow would be while it's invisible, or reattach the Finder to get back into the menu.
3) That's it! See below for description of menu items.
Menu commands:
"Message" - sets the message you want to be shown above the arrow while it's visible. How about the classic "I'm with stupid" for a friendly jab or maybe "SNUGGLEBUNNY" for something sugary?
"Msg. color" - sets the message color, as R G B values. You can use the Edit tool in your viewer to get some color codes, but here's a set of common ones:
- 255 255 255 = white ~ 0 0 0 = black
- 255 0 0 = red ~ 0 255 0 = green ~ 0 0 255 = blue
- 255 255 0 = yellow ~ 255 0 255 = purple ~ 0 255 255 = cyan
"Arrow style" - cycles through available styles of arrows.
"Range" - cycles through ranges of how far the arrow will react. Available are 10 m (whisper range), 20 m (say range), 96 m (roughly shout range).
"Size +" and "Size -" - adjust the object size.
"Find target" - searches for avatars within 20 meters and lets you choose your target from them.
"Set target" - allows you to directly input the username for your target. Usernames are the ones like "frionil.fang" and "turbo81".
How to modify:
The Friend Finder is fully modifiable! You can color, scale and adjust the arrows, or even add your own ones. Any prim named "pointer" you add to the object will be used for an arrow, and the prim named "text" is where the floating text is displayed. If you have questions on how to accomplish something, don't hesitate to ask.
- Points at and tracks a chosen target, regardless how you or they move
- Multiple 100% mesh arrows to choose from
- Fully modifiable - you can even add your own pointers
- Can also be used rezzed on land
- Menu driven operation with automatic target search