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Sim restarts: better and easier now

SimGovernor module now shows sim restart logsWe’ve added a new section to the Sim Governor add-on module: Sim Restart History.

About Sim Governor

With Sim Governor you can setup automatic region restart (with the help of your bot indeed). Regions may get restarted once or periodically on a schedule.

Sim restart stats

New section displays how did your restart task finished: was is successful or something went wrong.

Even if you restart dozens of regions simultaneously, bot will reliably visit each sim and restart it.

Sim Governor region restart history window

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SimGovernor updated

Sim Governor module is released!SimGovernor module has been updated. This update is based on your feedback and wishes, and includes some bugfixes as well as new functions. Both bot software and module web interface have been updated, and the changes are already applied to your running bots.

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Bots and Linden Welcome Regions

Bots in Welcome AreasAs you may know, bots are not welcome in Linden Welcome Areas – they are allowed to appear here but can’t stay and annoy people, especially newcomers.

In SmartBots we obey the rules and try to keep bots away from Welcome Areas. However this may happen if your region is being restarted: your bots will be put to the nearest Infohub automatically.

Previously bots were automatically logging out if they stay in Infohub for a long time (15+ minutes), notifying the owner using IM. Today we’ve slightly changed this behaviour: bots residing in Welcome Regions will logout, but try to login again in 30 minutes. If your region still offline, bot will go offline again and try logging in next 30 minutes.

Thus, now you won’t end with a logged out bot, even after a rolling region restart.