Transfer Ownership Of Object

i was wondering if it was possible to make a prime transfer its ownership ex: lets say there was a cube on the ground and you run into it and it ust to be owned by someone else and now it is owned by you is this possible if so how can i do this or do you have a script you can guve my thanks.

Uh, set it for sale for zero dollars?

By the way, it's "prim", not "prime", just so you know. All the geometric shapes that we use as building blocks in SL are referred to in geometric terms as "primitives". "Prim" is a commonly accepted abreviation for "primitive". It's even in the dictionary as such.

"Prime" simply means "first", which is not relavent.

I've had this discussion before with someone, many times in fact. Are you his alt?

funny not at all and i misspelled it so dont sheet yourself and that is not what i ment so tobad

Punctuation is your friend.

Alternatively, you can deed it to a group, allow them to make a copy and then delete the original.

Hmm. Chosen was actually trying to be helpful there. Reading your post I thought you had it mixed up too. Responses like this sure aren't going to get poeple too eager to help you. I really don't see the point of asking a question and them flaming the first person trying to help you.

I would normally leave it there but apparently I'm in a good mood right now, so to answer your question:

To my knowledge there is no way to transfer the ownership of an object itself to another person except for buying it. You can give copies of the object via give inventory, and I'm pretty sure you could tie that into a collision. The original PRIM will still have the same owner though.

I would hate to come into contact with an item and ownership transfer to me without my positive input. If that is not what you are trying to do simply give the item to the person via IM then delete the item from your inventory.

mabe you guys should lay off anyway thanks for the help and thanks for correcting me so its all good now ...PRIM...

Imagine the greifing possibilities of this idea, poor unsuspecting newb bumps into a prim that then begins to replicate itself aross the grid...

Would you say it's pertinent to point out here that it's spelled relevant?

No, I wouldn't say it's pertinent. Simple typos really are not worth talking about, as I'm sure you know.

Look, if I had wanted to blast the guy, there were much more glaring problems in the original post than the spelling of one word. In addition to the numerous spelling mistakes (not just the one), there's no punctuation, no capitalization, no attempt to break sentences in any way, shape, or form. I figured English might not be the guy's first language, so I didn't see any point in talking about any of that.

As for the "prim" vs. "prime" thing, I did not think that was a question of just a typo (and I still don't). There's a certain griefer I have the misfortune of knowing who constantly uses "prime", and he's absolutely convinced it's correct. There's nothing anyone can say to change his mind. I've never been able to tell if he does it just for attention, or if he really is that dense. In any case, it makes it pretty easy to spot his alts.

"Prime" combined with the fact that this person likes to pick Japanese or German sounding last names (he's a WWII fanatic, and a raving anti-semite) raised the possibility in my mind that the OP here might be him. "Soyinka" of course is West African, not Japanese, but it could be mistaken for Japanese to the ignorant, and "Bulletproof" would certainly fit with the guy's theme. Add all of that to the obvious potential griefing motivations behind the original question, and the chances were pretty good.

So, on the chance that the OP was an alt of this griefer, I thought it would be pertinent to let him know I recognized him, so as to drop the subtle hint that whatever nefarious plan he may have in mind in mind, he's being watched.

On the equal chance that he was NOT the griefer, I figured pointing out why "prim" is spelled without an E would be beneficial to him. Since it appeared that English is difficult for him, it was a logical assumption that a little education on the word "prim", where it comes from, and what it means could only be a help. I never imagined he'd take offense to it.

Either way, I wasn't trying to insult Buletproof in any way. I believe most people who have read this thread realize that. You, on the other hand, Smith, are trying to insult me, and that's pretty silly of you, not to mention uncalled for.

I'm not immune to typos, and I never claimed to be. And yes, I do make actual spelling mistakes from time to time that are not just typos. We all do. That's why spell checkers exist. (Unfortunately, as I'm sure you know, they're not present in Windows browsers at this time, which is a shame. I'm eagerly anticipating Firefox 2.0, which will have active inline spellcheck built in.)

It's also why making fun of someone's spelling is never a good idea (well, making fun of people at all is always a bad idea, but that's another topic). Glass houses, he without sin, throwing stones, and all that. I'm sure that were I to scan through the 90 some posts you've contributed to the forums, I could find plenty of typos of your own. I doubt I'd find as many as probably exist in the thousands of posts I've written, but regardless, I'm sure they're there.

Don't get me wrong, Smith; I do appreciate the small irony you've spotlighted here, and I'm of course a little embarrassed to have made the mistake, but unless you honestly feel that you, as well as the majority of typists, are completely immune to typos, and that a typo is such a rare thing as to be newsworthy event, then the answer once again, is no, it's not pertinent to point one out.

Now, Bulletproof, I'm sorry to have derailed the thread a little by spending the time to reply to Smith here. I usually try to ignore trolls as best I can, but I felt it was worth taking the bait in this particular case. It allowed me not only to respond to the rediculous typo issue, but also to explain to you why I was concerned about your use of the word "prime".

To get back on topic now, once again, it's not possible to have an object change its ownership autonomously. This is an extremely important safetey measure for all of our benefit. You can't take possession of anything inworld without your active consent.

As Dnel said, you could tie a give-inventory command to a collision event, so that when someone bumps into the object it would offer to give them a copy of itself, but the system would still call for the person to opt whether or not to accept the gift. It wouldn't happen without their deliberate okay, and it wouldn't be the original inworld object, just an in-inventory copy.

You could set the original item to delete itself after giving the copy, which would have a similar end result as giving the original to the new person, but then the object would be removed from the world until and unless the new person decides to rez the copy. Otherwise, it will just sit in his inventory.

I still think setting it to sell for zero dollars is your best bet. That way if someone wants it, they can take it, and it will remain inworld unless they actively put it in inventory. That's the closest you can get to what you're trying to do.

Then why did you correct his *simple* typo?

/smirk

This post just made my day... thanks for the quality entertainment...

lol