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Picking up objects

Mermaid Hyacinth
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Join date: 15 Nov 2006
Posts: 13
11-16-2006 16:07
I have tried everything, and I've searched the knowledge base and help files, to find simple instructions on how to pick up an object. I have yet to figure it out. I can see the line of glowing dots that flows between an object and myself, but that's it. I appreciate some remedial instruction. I'm on a Mac.
Strife Onizuka
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Join date: 3 Mar 2004
Posts: 5,887
11-16-2006 16:15
From: Mermaid Hyacinth
I have tried everything, and I've searched the knowledge base and help files, to find simple instructions on how to pick up an object. I have yet to figure it out. I can see the line of glowing dots that flows between an object and myself, but that's it. I appreciate some remedial instruction. I'm on a Mac.


In one of the menu's ("world" maybe?) there is a "Take Object" item.
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Jami Sin
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Join date: 3 Sep 2006
Posts: 109
11-16-2006 16:15
Unless...

You made it...

Bought it...

Or it's on your Land and want to remove it...

You can't do anything with it.
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Mermaid Hyacinth
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Join date: 15 Nov 2006
Posts: 13
11-16-2006 16:42
What is the significance of the glowing dots that move between me and an object? And as far as not being able to pick up an object that isn't mine, I've run across places where a mouse roll-over provides a message that there are objects available free to take, but I still could only get the glowing dots -- I couldn't actually pick anything up.
Erin Talamasca
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Join date: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 617
11-16-2006 16:45
The glowing dots just show that you have something selected. Different free stuff uses different methods - you'll need to command-click and select buy, or take copy, or something.

I don't remeber the Mac commands so well but I think that's it. There's a forum here for Mac discussion so a search ought to answer what replaces the PC right-click menu access for you.