RestrainedLife Client

Anybody using this? Any feedback on it, positive or negative? Security concerns (i.e., password fears)?

At the risk of sounding really dumb....... but what is it?

I have never heard of it. I don't use any clients other than the one provided by LL because of password concerns.

Is RestrainedLife what happens when you can't log in?

No, I think it's a Gorean client.

bwahahahaha!

hehe actually, I dont think its a joke at all.

Folks who partake in BDSM activites in SL have long been asking for a way to give their 'Dominants' more control over their SL experience. If you look at things from their perspective, their 'kick' is the power/control exchange, right? Their complaint is - in having to grant permission for every animation request, it destroys their ability to exchange power within a roleplay context in SL.

Problem is, for the vast majority of the SL Community - this advantage for BDSM enthusiasts would likely be a disadvantage for the rest of us. This is probably why these requests have never been seriously entertained by Linden Lab: its a feature request that doesn't broadly help the community.

Enter open-source, and a customized client to suit this subset of the community's needs. Now, BDSM enthusiasts can have the features they want, without causing issues for the rest of us. Win/Win IMHO

Bad doggie?

LOL!

either way it's a helluva name

Yes, I'm currently in the process of adding support for this client to my products. The source code patch is included, so if you don't trust the pre-compiled client, you can compile your own. It only works with compatible attachments, otherwise it functions as a normal client. The commands to disallow detachment, Chat, IMs, or teleporting must come from an object/attachement that *you* own. If you want more information, go to

http://www.erestraint.com/realrestraint

download the client and read the readme.

Thanks for the helpful post.

Heh, that link turned out to be somewhat NSFW.

Somewhat? Thanks for looking, now I won't have to get hit with another "YOU! STOP THAT! YOU WILL BE REPORTED AND FIRED!" screen when I click on a link.

lol, well i'm not sure any link regarding bondage would ever be work safe lol!

That's why I mentioned it: for the sake of others...

I was instructed to download the RestrainedLife.exe viewer, during a master-slave demo (I was exploring different roles). Having conclused that role, I wanted to restore to use of the SecondLife.exe viewer.

Now having re-installed the SecondLife viewer, the log-in screen now no longer display the spash picture of an Island, nor does the hyperlink "SECOND LIFE GRID STATUS" work. While so far I find functionality of the viewer is complete, like that of SL viewer, the login screen does not fully work. Fortunately, I am able to login into Second Life.

I believe there is a setting smwhere that that need be changed.

So what need I do, to restore full functionality of the SL viewer login screen?

I wonder if someone might write a combat client, stripped of any fancy creationion stuff and with inbuilt damage system & animations?

I think what your seeing is what everyone sees, just an images of a bare island, it changed about two weeks ago.

You can actually find information about Alternate viewers on the second Life WIKI

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Alternate_viewers#Marine_Edition

Listed in there is the Marine Edition AKA RestrainedLife
Information as follows
Description

This viewer, codename "RestrainedLife" is an attempt at enhancing the experience of people who practice BDSM in Second Life. It is used jointly with simple scripts made to use its features in-world, such as making an attached object undetachable, preventing chat and such. An API (Application Programming Interface, a text file) is provided so that every content creator can create their own scripts to interface their own items to the viewer and use its features.
Extra Features

* Attachments can be made undetachable
* Chat and IM prevention on demand, with exceptions if needed
* Teleport and sit-tp prevention on demand, with exceptions if needed
* Editing and Rezzing prevention on demand
* Adding/Removing clothes on demand, + force remove clothes and force remove unlocked attachments
* Force sit and prevent stand up (even after a relog) on demand
* Manual (by IM) and automatic (by script) version checking
* Force attach objects and outfits
* API for content creators
* And more...

So basically it is a viewer made specific for the BDSM community to be able to have more restraint over their partners lol
Hope this answers your question!

Actually, Restrained Life is in a sense an add on to the standard Second Life viewer. To get rid of it, just find the "Second Life.exe" file in the Second Life folder and run that. If you want to be sure, just delete the Second Life folder and reinstall.

Kreb,
It sounds like instead of installing the standard viewer, you are using the release candidate. Lots of people use this, myself included. The missing blog is a new feature (or a bug, depends on how you look at it) of the newest version. If you just want the older version, you can still find it on the download page. Just read theblurbs for each version they have listed there.

There's a lot of discussion here about it being for the BDSM community and while that's true i'd like to mention that as an occassional user, it's a lot of fun for other role play.

For those who might care to engage in those erotic moments with their partner (or anyone else for that matter), one of the fun features is the ability to strip the avatar using the restrained client.

Sure there are other bits of clothing with strip/rip scripts but they only work on prim attachments, not system clothing. The Restrained life client will do this along with an appropriate device such as the Mars Ring of Compliance which is worn by the avatar to be controlled.

So instead of your partner emoting something along the lines of "/me slowly unbuttons your blouse.." while desperately hoping that you notice and action it, instead they can remove that clothing without your having to action it which in my mind is a lot more engaging.

Having said that, if anyone tries this I recommend *practice* because there's nothing less appealing than a guy having no clue as to what layers are what on the female av (ok it could be a guy using it too) and it's less fun when the first thing they do is hit "remove all". Worse still is when they see prim skirt left behind and hit "remove all attachments"

Suddenly I don't feel very attractive standing there naked, bald and without any jewelry of any kind!

This is great, Sassy. I'm going to include a mention of the RL viewer in my Sex Ed class...I didn't know it could do this.

As for clumsy partners...I have a new approach to first dates:

HIM: Hi. You're beautiful. Want to dance?
ME: Hi. Thanks! Sure, I'd love to. First, though, I need to give you something.
<NAME HAS ACCEPTED YOUR INVENTORY OFFER>
HIM: What the hell is a "Lindal Kidd Operating Manual Rev 2.0?"
ME: Read it. Memorize it. If you're real lucky, there will be a test later.

One user laughed

LOL, good one.
<4 guys sitting around an esky drinking>
1: "Damn, don't know what to do"
2: "Yeah wish they came with an operatiing manual"
3: "We wouldn't bother reading it till after we'd had a good go at working them out anyway"
4: "Been there, now where do I download a technical spec.PDF"

Yes, I think you can see the diffs on the website (if reading source code is your thing, of course) - and Marine is generally pretty good at responding to potential bugs in it.

As Travis said, it's primarily made for the BDSM groups, although I should mention that opinons on it vary - granting permission to run animations actually corresponds better to real life BDSM, where the submissive still has to make effort to obey the dominant's commands.

As far as I understand though the main issue for RestrainedLife is not forcing animations without asking permission, but preventing attachments from being removed.