Offline payment

Does anybody know if it is possible to pay another user(besides the objects owner) whilst they are offline? I can't get llGiveMoney to do it.

Yes it's possible and yes it works. The remotes I offer in my rental boxes do it. It's all with llGiveMoney(); Just remember you have PERMISSION_DEBIT set.

SLExchange has a new service, whereby you can "pull money" while offline, from your account. The process is a bit strange, and requires you to keep a special remote deposit prim rezzed in world, but it does work surprisingly well. (I originally suggested it to them as a way to still access my account and sell L$, in the event of an extended "no-internet-at-home" doomsday scenario)..

As for the ability to pay out to other SL users, I'm not sure if SLExchange can DIRECTLY facilitate that.... but if the above proves anything at all.. it NEVER hurts to ask!

But you own the rental boxes, right? Have you tried to have the rental boxes pay someone that doesn't own them offline?

The customer pays the remote--which they own--and the payment is transferred to the owner of the rental box...which someone else owns.

I'm sorry I'm kinda new - I don't understand what you mean by "the remote". Could you clarify?

llGiveMoney is specifically designed to pay someone who is not the owner since it pays out from the owners account to someone else. As Kenn said you need permission debit for it to work. Remeber the recipient is a key not a name.

The following script gives L$1 to anyone who touches it.

default
{
     state_entry()
     {
          llRequestPermissions(llGetOwner(),PERMISSION_DEBIT);
     }

     touch_start(integer num_detected)
     {
          llGiveMoney(llDetectedKey(0),1);
     }
}

Yeah, I get the perms stuff, but has anyone experimented with llGIveMoney when the reciever isn't the owner and isn't online?

Being online shouldn't matter...otherwise all of the vendors that allow you to split the take would not work too well.

You need to have given the object debit permissions so it can take the money from you, but it shouldn't care who you give it to.

llGiveMoney is only useful for giving money to people other than the owner. What possible use would it be if it took funds from the object owner and gave them to the object owner?

ok, got it. thanks guys

Do i need DEBIT_PERMISSIONS to pay someone offline?

You can pay someone offline whenever you want by simply clicking their profile and giving them money.

If, however, you want the script to pay someone--whether they are online or offline (it doesn't matter in the least)--you will want to use llGiveMoney() and PERMISSION_DEBIT.

In other words--your question of online/offline is completely irrelevant to the task you are attempting to do. It will work both ways so long as it is set up correctly.

You need debit permissions to pay out money from a script, online or offline.