Finding lost objects

There are several ways to lose an object such as:

Walking so far away that it is no longer visible while building.
Accidentally burying it while building.
Executing a script that makes it go somewhere else.

Is there any way to get a list of the current locations of all objects owned by a resident or something similar that could be used to find lost objects?

Unfortunately, no, but here are some tips:




Obvious answers:

1. Don't do that.

2. Retrace your steps.


More technical answers:

1. Increase your draw distance.

2. Disable camera constraints, so you can move your camera as far as you want. (Advanced -> Disable Camera Constraints) Ctrl-Alt-D will bring up the Advanced menu.

3. Disable Limit Select Distance, so you can keep objects selected, even if they're far away. (Advanced -> uncheck Limit Select Distance)




With camera constraints disabled, you can move the camera underground. Also, you can make the ground invisible by disabling surface patch rendering. (Advanced -> Rendering -> Types -> uncheck Surface Patch)

Make it a point to get VERY good at controlling the camera. Don't use the on-screen controls; they're extremely clunky and underpowered. Really, they're beyond awful. Instead, use the alt-mouse controls. If you need help learning how to use alt-mouse, here's an instructional diagram:






If you were writing the script, you should be able to find the object quite easily. Just open up the script and take a look at the numbers.

If you inadvertently dropped a script you can't read into the object, that makes things more complicated, of course. In that case, you MIGHT be able to find it using a scripted scanning device, if you've got a rough idea of where it is. Don't ask me for the specific how-to's on that, though, since I'm not a scripter.

Beyond that, all you can do is wait for a landowner to return your stuff to you fr0m wherever it ended up.

Thanks, the camera diagram along with the other technical tips were very helpful. I had seen the camera operation in text, but the diagram makes it easier to understand.

If you own the land then you can highlight all the objects owned by a resident using the objects tab in the land info.

There's a couple of other tips for finding lost objects.

It is possible to turn off the rendering to enable you to see underwater and underground. You can, in fact, decide to turn off clouds, land,water, prims, avatars... most things are turn offable.

You need to make sure you have the advanced menu heading up (control plus alt plus D if you can't see it) and then click on it and go down to rendering and then across to types and you will see a list of the types of rendering. The most useful in a lost-it-underground situation is the ability to turn off surface patch and ground. You should be able to see anything below the ground quite easily like that - with the camera tips above you should be able to get into the right place to see things.

There used to be an old free finder object from Christopher Omega in the freebie markets. It is usually best for objects close to you... but may work if you know the rough area where you lost something.
Cali

Yes. If you own or manage the parcel, you can use the Objects tab in About Land ... and click the "Refresh List" button next to object owners. That will show you the count of all objects owned by each person. Click on any person's name and all objects owned by the person will be highlighted as you look around the parcel. You can use that to see objects even if they are underground.

I usually render the world into wireframe and then look:
Advanced > Rendering > Wireframe

or

CTRL-Shift-R

BTW. This also works well for finding hidden entrances and exits.

D11011101

Google this

I have a script I wrote that throws a particle beam between you and the nearest items you own. It's handy for tracking stuff like this down. IM me in world and I'll drop a copy on you.

Not really an answer to the question , but just a tip.

The land I build on has autoreturn set to 60 or 90 mins (depending on where I build).

So I make sure my group is NOT set to the land building group, then if iImisslay something I know it will get returned. Just remmember to select all and change group when you are happy with what you where working on

Your script works very well. Thank you.