Collar Help ::

• Adding an Owner
• Command Structure
• Compounds Commands
• Triggering Animations
• Couples Animations
• Leash / Movement Commands
• Knowledge Base
• Rezzable Toys
• Bondage System
• Restrained Life
• Moods
• Emotions
• Style Options
• Online Interface
• Adding Animations
• Advanced Titler
• Animation Overrider
• Troubleshooting
• Diagnostics

Creating Artificial Intelligence Triggers and Commands

The current collar version is version 3.0

Trouble Tickets ::

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1. Adding an Owner [usable by Slave and Primary Owner] [Available via the Menu System]

PLEASE NOTE:
It is not possible for the collar wearer to add themself as an owner. There are no restrictions on the commands the collar wearer can use if unowned so it is not necessary for them to be able to own themself.

 
WEB BASED INFORMATION:
The Primary Owner can see a list of all secondary owners on their web page. They can also freely remove any secondary owners.
Only the Primary Owner and the collar wearer have access to web based information.

REMOVING OWNERS: 
A Primary Owner can remove themself from their web page.
A Secondary Owner can be removed by either the Primary Owner or collar wearer's web pages.

STORAGE OF INFORMATION:
No owner information is stored in the Nova Collar.
All information relating to who wears the collar and who owns them is stored on our database.
All owner information is therefore shared with all Nova Collars belonging to the collar wearer.
It is NOT possible to operate multiple Nova Collars with different sets of owners.

CONFIDENTIALITY:
We will not reveal details on our database to anyone outside of a collar wearer / primary owner relationship.
We will only reveal such information to a primary owner that the collar wearer has permitted by the permissions they have set on their web page.

2. Command Structure [usable by Slave and All Owners]

For ease of use there are several ways commands can be structured. The following are all correct structures for commands:

Use /9 to make commands invisible in the chat window, this can be changed on the .options or .report page
Please note: The the rest of this help file mostly makes use of the .[command] format except in cases where it would make sense to use a command specific to the slave in which case [first name] [command] is used. It is assumed that the owner will use .[command] to address all of their slaves' collars and [first name] [command] to address individual collars.

3. Compound Commands [usable by Slave and All Owners]

The collar has the ability to process multiple commands at once using the 'and' command. There are limits to the amount of information Secondlife scripts can process in one go and there are practical limitations in how long it takes to execute all of the commands.

There are pre-defined compound commands available and these can also be stacked. The hug command for example actually executes .goto [target] and hug [target]. Bear in mind that when stacking multiple compound command togther with 'and' then you can potentially be executing a very complex command.

4. Triggering Animations [usable by Slave and All Owners] [Available via the Menu System]

There are many animations stored in the collar that can be triggered by either the collar wearer or their owner(s). Extra animations can also be added to the collar.

Any animation that is prefixed 'ao-' is included for use in the collar's Animation Over-Rider.

5. Couples Animations [usable by Slave and All Owner] [Available via the Menu System]

There are many animations stored in the collar that can be triggered by either the collar wearer or their owner(s). Extra animations can also be added to the collar. The value for ~target~ is the first name, full name, partial name or initials of the person that is the targer for the couples animation.

PLEASE NOTE:
Using couples animations automatically moves the avatars towards each other so there is no need to stack them with a goto command.
But you will have to use the 'look at me' rotation first to face each other and align the poses. Must be using RLV to align the avatars with the rotate command.
Use this technique when creating custom ai commands.

6. Leash / Movement Commands [usable by Slave and All Owners] [Available via the Menu System]

The leash and movement commands in the collar are very advanced as collars in Secondlife go.

The movement commands allow you to control the movement of a slave, from making them go to a person to following them. The value for ~target~ is the first name, full name, partial name or initials of the person that is the target for the movement command.

PLEASE NOTE:
The person leashing will need to be wearing an Nova Collar leash holder.
Only people that have access to the collar as a Primary or Secondary Owner may use the leash.
You cannot leash to an object called 'Object'.
Only the closest 16 objects to the collar wearer are detected when leashing to an object.
The collar wearer must be able to rez in an area for leashing to an object to work.

7. Rezzable Toys [usable by Slave and All Owners] [Available via the Menu System]

The Nova Collar contains a number of toys that can be rezzed on command. They are temporary in the sense that if the collar wearer logs off they will disappear. In order for the toys to be rezzed you need to be in an area that allows the creation of objects and does not have auto-return switched on.

8. Bondage System [usable by Slave and Primary Owner] [Available via the Menu System]

The bondage cuffs combine submissive poses with a cuff set (either leather or rope) to give chained versions of various poses, in effect a full cuff system. The ropes / chains are automatically linked between the collar and/or cuffs depending on the pose used. There are currently 15 bondage poses.

9. Restrained Life [usable by Slave and Primary Owner] [Available via the Menu System]

The slave needs to be using one of the Restrained Life viewers for Secondlife for these commands to work.

WARNING!

The Restrained Life features of this collar are quite oppressive and can lead to REAL emotional damage to the slave if used incorrectly. NEVER force a slave to install Restrained Life and be ABSOLUTELY SURE that they want these features used before they are activated. Only the slave may enable restrained life.
 

10. Moods [usable by Slave only]

The mood system allows you to set your current mood. For most moods there is an initial animation followed by your face being animated every few seconds. Only the collar wearer can set their mood.

11. Emotions [usable by Slave only]

When set to on the collar scans what you type / emote and reacts with animations. For example if you type /me claps your avatar will respond by clapping it's hands. We deliberately haven't listed the key words / emotes that cause your avatar to be animated, it's more fun that way :). Only the collar wearer can turn emotions on / off.

12. Style Options [usable by Slave only] [Available via the Menu System]

13. Accessing the Online Interface [usable by Slave and Primary Owner]

There is an options page accessed by commands shown below.

If a Dom uses the report command on a slave, for example:    jane report  or  jbreport  or  .report
the Dom will get their own Slave Manager page loaded with that slaves info and all of their slaves links ready. 

If a slave uses either the .report or .options command their personal options page will load.

14. Adding Animations

You can add animations to the collar by rezzing it on the ground, then edit, open the contents contents tab and then sliding the animation in from your inventory. The new animation will then be available as a command, for example if you add an animation called 'leashme' then the command .leashme will activate the animation.
 

PLEASE NOTE:
Do not add an animation if the name of that animation exists as a command in the collar ('leash' for example).
Do not rez your collar on the ground if there are currently asset server issues in Second Life.
If a non-copy animation is added to your collar then your collar will become non-copy too.
If you are adding AO animation you will need to read the section on the Animation Overrider.
A person with modify rights can add transferrable animations to your collar but will lose ownership of that animation when they do.
It may take several minutes for the animation you add to appear in your collar. Be patient.
If you are adding couples animations you will need to use the knowledge management system to teach the collar how to use them

15. Collar Menu

The menu is a convenient way of quicky accessing some of the collar's feature at the click of a button.

If you need quick keyboard access to the menu then you can create a gesture to launch it.

16. Advanded Titler [Can be used by Slave. Slave can grant Owner permission to use]

The Advanced titler allows you to display text above the head of the collar wearer.

PLEASE NOTE:
At present all titler memory and use is collar specific.
This means that each of your Nova Collars has it's own settings for the titler.
Database storage for titler settings and memory will be introduced in later versions.

18. Command Management [usable by Slave and Primary Owner]

Commands can be added to the collar database, use 'add command' or ( .ac) and you will be taken to a web page. In use, the collar checks the database list first before its internal list, so standard commands like 'stand' or 'follow me', or any commands for that matter, can be changed to just the way you with to say it.
Use 'edit command' or .ec, to change your new commands.

For expanded explanation  Click here --->

Creating Artificial Intelligence Triggers and Commands

19. Animation Override  ZHAO-II [usable by Slave and All Owners] [Available via the Menu System]

Left click the collar and slide a new animation into the content area if needed. 
Type the name of the animation used for the override into the 'default' notecard where appropriate.
For alternative override notecards, slide new notecard in (make sure the newcardname is all lower case and keep the name small (12max), it needs to fit on a dialog menu button.) and say: .aoload*notecardname
Use new format for creating alt ao notecards, using single line entries seperated by the | symbol (no spaces around anim names): 
    [ Walking ]Walkf1|sexywalk|DorkyWalk1
    [ Sitting ]CrossLeggedSit|FemaleSit1
Up to 12 walks, sits and ground-sits.  Open the "default" notecard for example.  Add as many stands as you want, until the script runs out of memory, will say:  0% memory free, while loading.

20. Additional Nova Collar features [usable by Slave and Primary Owner]

Meet and Greet Controls
(remember, if your a Dom, a dot command affects a whole group; use names or initials)
Awareness: this is a radar driven system for general awareness of who is near and how to respond to them.

Give Inventory

To give inventory to another avatar on command, first place object, script or notecard into the collar.
Next, use the .addphrase (.ap) command to create a parsed phrase.
In the 'First-Phrase' field type: .give (inv.object in collar) to     (or anyway you like to say, not nesc. to say object item)
then, select 'GiveInventory' for the Action and the actual inv.object in collar name for the Response.

Example:
First-Phrase: give hand-cuffs to
Action: 'GiveInventory'
Response: LockGuardHandCuffSet

21. Troubleshooting

The Nova collar contains very complex scripts and is dependant on Secondlife performance in order to function well. We've all seen how performance issues in Secondlife affect scripted object and items, the Nova Collar is no different in that respect. Most errors with the collar will right themselves given a little time (it's usually issues with SL that cause it).

General Diagnostic process:

Before you report a problem or ask for help perform the following steps and retry the collar after each one until it works:

1) For password issues when accessing the website see the Forgotten your Password or Didn't Set One? section below
2) If the collar is not responding at all see the Collar Not Responding At All? section below
3) For movement issues see the Having Movement Problems? section below
4) For AO problems see the AO Problemssection below
5) Remove and rewear the collar
6) Ensure the collar wearer is using current SL client (not Restrained Life etc)
7) Both people should relog (the person wearing the collar and the person the commands are interacting with)
8) Move to another sim
9) Check the secondlife blog for known issues with SL: http://status.secondlifegrid.net
10) Perform the General Reset shown below
11) Perform the Alternative General Reset shown below

General Reset:

1) Wear your collar
2) Right click the collar and select 'Edit' from the radial menu
3) Select the tools menu at the top of your screen and then select 'Reset all scripts in selection'
4) Wait for the pop-up window to say all scripts have reset ('Done')
5) Remove your collar
6) Wear your collar

Alternative General Reset (if a problem persists):

1) Rez your collar on the ground
2) Right click the collar and select 'Edit' from the radial menu
3) Select the tools menu at the top of your screen and then select 'Set all scripts to not running in selection'
4) Wait for the pop-up window to say all scripts have reset ('Done')
5) Select the tools menu at the top of your screen and then select 'Set all scripts to running in selection'
6) Wait for the pop-up window to say all scripts have reset ('Done')
7) Select the tools menu at the top of your screen and then select 'Reset all scripts in selection'
8) Wait for the pop-up window to say all scripts have reset ('Done')
9) Pick up your collar
10) Wear your collar

Forgotten your Password or Didn't Set One?

To be reminded of your password type .remind password
To reset your password type .change password

Dialogs and IMs will appear guiding you through the process.

Collar Not Responding At All?

Check the name of your collar and ensure it only contains alphanumeric characters and ( or ). If your collar contains certain punctuation or non-english characters then communications with our server will fail due to limitations with XMLRPC. Most commonly this problem is caused by people remanimg their collar to something like Jane's Collar (the apostrophe stops communications).

Having Movement Problems?

Assuming you have tried the reset procedures shown above if movement problems persist try the following:

Anti-push scripts, movement locks scripts and certain HUDs/Gadgets in SL like Mystitool will interfere with the collars ability to move the avatar. Never add any scripts to the collar that restrict movement and if you are experiencing problems remove all other huds and attachments.

Sometimes SL loses track of an avatar and therefore scripts that use the avatar as a target fail (for example .leash, .follow me and .come here), in this situation the person who is the target of the script should relog which will re-register their avatar on SL.

AO Problems

External AOs and sexy walk replacers etc will interfere with the operation of the collar's AO and animations. Ensure that you either have your extrernal AO or the collars built-in AO switched off. External AOs will over-ride the animations in the collar, this is why they are called Animation Overriders. If you use an external AO you will need to switch it off when using the collar.

Try a new copy of the collar collar

If you have either the standard Nova collar or one of the style packs then the collar is copyable. You can re-rez the box and get another copy of the collar out and wear that.

Floating above the ground with poses

All SL animations are affected by a number of factors. The main one that affects kneeling poses is that when you wear high heels is that you float above the ground by the same distance as the height of your heel prims. The other factor is that poses don't adjust for how tall you are, which can make some people appear to float and others appear to have their lower legs in the ground. Linden Labs don't provide any method of adjusting pose heights within scripts unless a poseball is used.