Thank you for buying the Object Auto Return tool!
How does it work?
The tool checks the land it resides on for alien objects that are not owned by the land owner and returns them if that function is activated. It notifies the owner and any configured administrators of this action
You can exclude users from the check (like your partner or people that you allow to have stuff permanently on your land)
The approach is different from the autoreturn option in the land settings. Where that option returns everything not set to land group or owned by the landowner after a specified time, this tool returns everything not owned by landowner unless you specify otherwise (by white listing a person)
Both this tool and the land option have their specific use cases.
If you do not want to mess around with group roles and privileges, but do not want to lock down your land, this tool may be of help.
The tool cannot differentiate between objects just rezzed and objects that have been on the land long enough. It will just return what is not white-listed, every time it does a check. Keep that in mind, and set the check interval not too tight. An hour is recommended
If you just want a report of prim usage on your land you can set the check interval to a day, and the activate option to false (see below). In that case nothing gets returned, but you get an IM with all users that have objects on your land every day, so that you can take action yourself if needed.
Usage:
Rez the tool.
If your land is deeded to a group, the tool will rez a helper object that you need to deed to the landgroup.
See the notecard "deeded land" for detailed instructions on how to deal with that.
Default it runs in de-activated mode, and testmode is enabled too, so no worries about stuff getting returned right away.
Even when it is configured to be active, it still asks for your permission to return stuff (once) at startup
In the content tab of this prim you find the configuration file "config".
Open it, and change the values to your needs.
The meaning of the values is explained in the config file.
Basically you define a list of users other than yourself who's objects must not be returned. Everything else will be returned when the tool is activated and does it's periodic checks
When you set the option "Active" to true, objects get returned when applicable, if the Active option is set to false, only a notification in sent to the owner, but no objects are returned.
The default interval to check for objects is 1 hour (3600 seconds in the config). You can change that to what you like, but do not set it too tight (see above)
On top of the notecard is a parameter called "testmode". When you are ready for daily use, set this option to False, or nothing will happen.
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Changes in 1.0
- Made the opacity of the hovertext configurable
Changes in 0.9
- Added support for deeded lands
- Added an extra testmode parameter (safety first ;)
- Added support for extra administrators that can be notified in addition to the owner of the object
Changes in V0.3:
- Made configuration parsing more forgiving when it comes to usernames
Changes in V0.2:
- Fixed the notecard edit problem by making the object modify
- minor bugfixes
- Returns alien objects that are on your land
- Whitelisting is possible
- Reporting-only function present
- Works on deeded land
Broken
Doesn't work. Save your L's, the creator hasn't been in SL for over 6 months.
Doesn't work with new viewers
This would be a perfect land owner tool if it worked, but it will not work with the new viewers.
The worst part is if you ask the creator for help you will be ignored. Help never arrives! I don't get why someone would knowingly sell a non-functioning tool in SL. Or at the very least offer a refund.
a year on my sim
ive had this autoreturn on my sim for a year now and it works great, a tiny bit difficult to understand the instructions but theres no # infront of the exlcudeuser
it actually is this EX: excludeuser=djroxyfox and then thats it simple and easy
now they need to make a pay box one, like u pay it and it puts u in the no return list, like rentbox style but add it to this box XD.
A MESS!
At first sight was so easy..till it returned the things of my partner (only more then a quarter of a sim), even if he was seted as administrator AND excluded user. WORST? The returned objects came out ALL unlinked and not on the right size. So now...Thank you for having to rebuild a ALL sim again!
P.S: i feel forced to give a star when i wished not to give a thing at all!
Very smart tool !
I'mactually running a soft combat arena, a lot of things are allowed but i need something to have a 15seconds auto return to avoid cage abuse. This gadget is very efficient and easy to set up, also got answered by the owners to all the questions i had about it.
Great support for a great product !
i give 4 stars, because the product is actually awesome but i still have the feeling it could improve even more, keep up the good work :)
Works
as promised! Needed something like this to return poses etc. from visitors of my land. Perfect product!
