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pi Mip
Registered User
Join date: 18 Jan 2007
Posts: 20
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03-31-2007 18:27
Is there a way to get a list of items for sale in an area?
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Eloise Pasteur
Curious Individual
Join date: 14 Jul 2004
Posts: 1,952
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04-01-2007 00:32
Sure, but not a scripted way. You can walk round and check though.
There used to be a map option for objects, which highlighted objects for sale. Sadly that's gone, although the map is too slow to update for that to be useful these days. _____________________
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pi Mip
Registered User
Join date: 18 Jan 2007
Posts: 20
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04-01-2007 13:53
O.K. Sad. But thanks.
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Serenarra Trilling
Registered User
Join date: 14 Oct 2006
Posts: 246
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04-01-2007 15:36
If you'd like to shop without having to wander, and you'd like to be able to use a text search to shop, you can use SLExchange or SLBoutique. They are websites for sellers to post their items. Just put a .com behind either of those names.
I love shopping without leaving "home", lol. |
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pi Mip
Registered User
Join date: 18 Jan 2007
Posts: 20
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04-13-2007 18:16
I read that sheeplabs search works by a bot that does exactly what I was asking about.
Impossible? Apparently, not. :-/ |
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Kenn Nilsson
AeonVox
Join date: 24 May 2005
Posts: 897
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04-13-2007 19:45
It's not impossible, but you'll also notice that Electric Sheep Co's bot often has outdated information AND sometimes gets incorrect information.
If you wanted to though, yes, you could create a bot that went to each region and scanned for things for sale. The tool's usefulness seems to be quite academic (i.e., not inherently useful) though. _____________________
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pi Mip
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Join date: 18 Jan 2007
Posts: 20
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04-14-2007 08:22
So, what scripting technique does their bot use? Anyone know?
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Ordinal Malaprop
really very ordinary
Join date: 9 Sep 2005
Posts: 4,607
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04-14-2007 08:34
It doesn't use LSL - it is a client bot, or "homunculus" as I call them. It checks whether things are for sale just like you would, only in an automated fashion and an awful lot faster. It still takes about five minutes to scan a sim apparently.
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