What does it do?
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At each region crossing, this script performs a scan to look for the boat/vehicle owner.
If it doesn't find the owner in the sensor range then it will IM the owner with a SLURL of the boat's location.
How do I use it?
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Your boat must be modifiable, as this script is placed inside a boat (or other vehicle, why not?)
It doesn't care what part of the boat/vehicle it lives in, but I suggest placing it in the root prim so that when it does IM you to tell you where it is then the name of the IM sender will be the boat/vehicle name rather than some random part.
Simply edit your boat, and drop this script in to it. Jump on your boat, sail about and wait for that IM should you lose your boat.
When you lose a boat and the boat IMs you, simply TP to where the boat is using the SLURL :) The chances are that your camera position will be borked, unsit and sit on your boat again to fix broken cameras.
NOTE: this script doesn't seem to detect region changes when heading in to badly stricken sims. You know the ones, those that will bring an entire cruise in to group chat complaining of a broken sim to warn the rest of the fleet to avoid it. I guess the real bad sim crossings are so bad that the server doesn't deal with script events correctly. If your boat makes it out of one if these sims then it will IM you on the next sim border crossing, but if it doesn't make it out it won't IM you. It's not perfect, but there doesn't appear to be a thing I can do about servers not dealing with their events. I'd say it's about 99% perfect, which is a lot better than having a bad sim crossing and never seeing your boat again.
Terms of Use
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This is provided as-is, with no warranty of any kind, a full perm freebie.
I do not support it. I provide it as a full perm freebie specifically to avoid supporting it, so please don't ask as I'll politely decline any requests to support this script.
I've used it for several weeks with no hitches at all, and a *lot* of not-lost boats :) I've sailed back and forth across a good few troublesome sims (when I've found them) and discovered no issues so I'm releasing it in to the wild.
Feel free to pass it around.
All I ask is that the included notecard accompanies the script, and that it stays full perm and free. It would also be nice to think that any improvements to this remain full perm and free too, not that I think there's too much that can be added to it.
See item in Second Life- never lose your boat again from a bad sim crossing
- well, hardly ever :)
- IMs you if the boat can't find you after a sim crossing
- full perm and free
It Works
It does exactly what is says. And dont forget the huds for your boats with this vendor. A wonderful value.
Works great!
Sometimes it will let you know where your boat is after a sim crossing even if you didn't fall overboard, but that's not really a drama - main thing is, you can find the boat easily if you DO fall off. For me, that's mostly if I cross right at the meeting point of four regions, which I avoid when possible. But now there's no issue getting back on board quickly :)
Very Happy!
Found this by accident, but sure glad I did. It works! ( I got the eject hud too)
Every boat should have this!
Sim crossings being what they are, this has let me find my boats (and copter) more than once. You're a star bunny, thank you!!