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Need 'defaults' for newly built objects

Sleeper Guillaume
Explorer Achiever
Join date: 8 Jan 2003
Posts: 120
03-02-2003 15:51
I would like to be able to set default values for newly created objects. Default permissions. Default contents. (Including scripts.) Default color, let everything be settable. For primitives created fom sctatch.

What I'm after here, is a way to avoid what happened last night to me, and has happened several times my time here.

I lost an object. I spent 3 hours searching for it. I didn't find it. Why did I spend so much time looking for it? Because it is a 2mx2mx2m cube, and it is likely lost at a high altitude.... and I'm thinking the taxes will be high on it. It did not go off world (it's not in Lost+Found). It did not self destruct (it's not in Trash). (Also, our sim is 45+% owned, and it's likely that it won't decay to public.)

Now, it is possible there is a still a bug keeping stray objects from going into Lost+Found or Trash when appropriate, but what I am asking for in this message would still be worthwhile, even if so.

My thought would be to have my objects, by default, die after an hour or so. If I had that, I woldn't worry about lost objects like this one. However, I don't want to have to drag a script onto each and every primitive I make. If I'm working on something, I can refresh the script to reset the time; when I'm done with something, I can remove the script so it doesn't remove my work from the world. I'm just looking for an easy way to get this script onto each and everything I make so I don't lose more objects.... but I'm sure there more applications that people can imagine and use.

I think the general case has merit, but if we can't have that, how about a [ ] Solidify select box on the Object panel (Next to [ ] Lock and [ ] Physics) Have objects decay to Trash folder after two hours if you don't check the [ ] Solidify box. (This is not an ideal solution, but I'd take that if I can't get what I proposed above.)

Thanks :)
Shebang Sunshine
Royal PITA
Join date: 3 Dec 2002
Posts: 765
03-02-2003 17:05
Ohhh I'll second this request!
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Sinatra Cartier
From Beta to Zeta!
Join date: 8 Jan 2003
Posts: 533
For now you could...
03-03-2003 09:05
1. Create a new folder in your inventory called primatives:

2. Create and script a single case of each primative.
and place into your new primitives folder.

Now when you are building, instead of creating, shift click and drag the primitive you want from the folder. Here it is pre-scripted, colored, textured, whatever the case may be.

Sleeper, since i haven't tried this there could be complications... just an idea.
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