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Todays bots’ downtime compensation

Unscheduled maintenance Dear customers,

Today we were updating one of the bot servers and it got stuck during the reboot. The operation which usually takes 2 minutes took much more time to complete.

We have several backup servers (to be used when primary machine is offline) but we did a mistake: allowed the same set of OS updates to be installed automatically on backup machines upon boot. No wonder we’ve got few more offline bricks within the next hour :)

I’m deeply sorry for the outage, we will add 3 complete days to all affected bots (1 to compensate the outage and 2 more to thank you for understanding). Indeed, we are also doing some changes to our backup servers management policy!

Thank you for your continued business!
Glaznah Gassner
SmartBots CEO

Tags: lets brick those backup servers too, os upgrades, server maintenance
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No more dancing with strangers!

No unwilling dancing animations anymore! SmartBots bots are able to accept script animation requests (the ones with a permission request pop-up). It was a bit annoying that they were accepting all requests (which made them being bitten, dancing with strangers etc).

We’ve just added a new option which enables your bot to decline animation requests. There are a few options: accept everything (the old behavior), accept no animations or accept only the owner’s animations (the new default).

Configuring

You can set the desired behavior in Bot’s control panel:

Second Life bot animation configuration

Please note that it may take a few hours to update all bots to the new software version. If you experience any issues with the new option, please contact SmartBots Support.

Tags: disable animation, don't let her dancing with a stranger, forbid animation
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Waypoints Just Got WAY Better!

Waypoints for second life bots updated The Waypoints Navigator module has been updated! We’ve added 3 new commands:

Sit Command – Instruct your bot to sit on any object in the sim easily by entering the objects UUID
Stand – Tried of making your bot sit? Tell it to stand!
Wait For Message – Now you can instruct your bot to wait for a specific IM message to continue processing commands, note that the exact message must be sent, useful if you want to create a secret phrase to start navigating

A new option has also been added – Restart if Stuck, enable this checkbox to make your bot start over if it gets stuck during a walk or run command.

Amazing waypoints-based guided tour

Check the amazing project by Canary Beck: the Basilique region. The thirty minute tour uses more that 250 waypoints to guide you through the whole region:

Basilique Tour Route

Read an article written by Canary Beck and check the live tours here.

Discounts!

For a limited time only enter coupon code “GUIDEME” for 25% off of the Waypoints Navigator module!

Tags: sit, stand, wait for my command soldier, waypoints
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