05-13-2008 08:55
Announcing (finally) the official release of MLPV2, also known as MLP2.

This is a set of scripts based on MLP V1.2 by Miffy Fluffy, to add multiple poses to furniture, selected by menu.

Available in two versions, at SLX (http://slexchange.com):

- L$1, full perms, empty:

- L$105, full perms for scripts and freebie anims, jPose anims copy-only:

Here are the changes from MLP V1.2:

- Now supports Solo, 3some, and 4some menus.

- Memory optimized: now holds over 70 couples poses.

- Expressions supported (20 expressions).

- Extended menus. (Automatic "More-->" button for menus with more than 12 buttons.)

- Menu buttons now appear in menus in the same order as in the configuration
(but only if the new MENUORDER config item appears -- otherwise order is same as before, for backwards compatibility).

- Modular configuration: reads all *.MENUITEMS* and *.POSITIONS* files, in sort order (same as in object contents).
MENU config lines with no corresponding TOMENU lines get added to the main menu (replacing a blank "TOMENU -" line).
This allows makers to easily provide add-on packs, each being folder containing .MENUITEMS*, .POSITIONS*, and animations files.
Customer simply drops the folder in and resets.

- Backwards-compatible with MLP V1.2 configurations.

- Set poseball's floating text and pie menu sit text by changing its description.
Also, if the ball's description begins with an asterisk ("*";), the poseball is phantom.
After changing ball's description, STOP to delete any balls and then select any pose.

- New LM button type, to pass LMs to other scripts/prims.
This allows adding features to furniture, with buttons in the MLP menus, without changing any MLP scripts.

- Warning for duplicate entries in .POSITIONS* files.

- Configuration consistency checker: try "ConfigCheck" in Shutdown menu
NOTE: this will reload .POSITIONS.* files, so backup any saved positions first!
It will find buttons with no positions and vice versa.

- AutoZhao support: when using an AutoZhao AO, it turns off automatically when you jump on a poseball, and turns back on when you jump off. (Personally, I rarely turn my AO's "sit" on anyway, but ...

- Restart menu reorganized:
Use "Pos Reset" button after changing *.POSITIONS* files.
Use "Menu Reset" button after changing *.MENUITEMS* files.
Use "Restart" button to restart all. This used to do only a menu reset.

- MLP bug fix: if you rez a copy, it uses the same channel as the original, and on MLP V1.2 you'd get crosstalk.
The menu script is now reset on rez. This does not reset positions; saved positions are not lost.

- MLP bug fix: Avoid reanimating a non-sitting avatar! This happened in these cases that I'm aware of:
A) Avatar is posed and STOP button is hit and then a new pose is selected. The avatar (no longer sitting) would get animated.
B) Same as above, but instead of STOP button, avatar teleports or relogs