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I started the new year by putting the groundwork necessary to update the LockMeister protocol.

For years now, the system relied on a simple ping/pong message to recover the key if the chain anchoring point. LSL Scripts now allow scripters to call pretty much every prim changing commands from the root prim of an object, making the need for child scripts mostly obsolete.

Unfortunately, chat commands are not part of those, to this day, we still cannot send a chat command from the root prim and have it look like it’s coming from one of the child prims and Linden Labs doesn’t appear to be interested at all by this idea. Because of this, a change in the lockmeister protocol is required so content creators can avoid using a slave script to relay LockMeister pong messages.

I am currently writing the new example scripts, the LockMeister protocol V2 will be structured in such a way that it piggyback on the original system and will be able to work with V1 and V2 objects regardless.

Before i start I’m not sure if I’m actually going to publish change logs all the time but this one felt needed considering it affects nearly every TouchBound products:

Affected products:

• Lined Chrome Collar (version 3->4)
• Lined Chrome Cuffs (version 4->5)
• Lined Chrome Ankle Cuffs (version 3->4)
• Stuffed Ballgag (version 6->7)
• Isolation Headphones (version 2->3)
• 10 Gauge Nipple Rings (version 1->2)
• ER Chrome Collar (version 1->2)
• ER Chrome Cuffs (version 1->2)
• ER Chrome Ankle Cuffs (version 1->2)

Changes:

• Fixed a sound glitch.
• Corrected an error in the anchoring code.
• Removal of the glow synchronisation table and move to llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast().
• Added code for Mitten type object forced cancelling.
• Added Mitten status flags in the shared bitfield.
• Added ability to reject touches when the Mitten flags are on.
• Tidied the shared bitfield manager in a function.

The self updaters contained in those objects should request the new version automatically, if you come around any delivery bug, or general bug, do not hesitate to contact me inworld, file a bug, or leave me a message.

I haven’t posted pictures for a while now, so I thought i would add a few, the mitts have the same chain system that the wrist cuffs have, with more features, they have their own HUD for selecting textures, and they are detected as LockMeister anchor points and TouchBound targets.

I’m planning to release them at first with the animations from the shared cuff set and a manual alpha setter, also, when time allow to lightly tweak the chained poses to account for the mitts size.

If there is a demand for it I will also add a RLV enabled alpha setter (the alpha layer has to be put on manually for now.

I also discovered another bug that need to be squashed in all the products, the tp blocking when leashed is not refreshing properly which can cause issues, but also makes it behave erratically. This will be fixed before I release the mittens.

The last two bits I still have to code are the following:

• The mittens to remotely cancel touch interactions for non RLV user. For RLV users, wearing both mitts and locking them prevent you to touch or edit any objects in world. It still let you use your HUDs.
• The “safety” feature I was talking about in my earlier post so you cannot lock the mitts with biometric locks that you marked yourself. I need to come up with a comprehensive error message for this too…

For those who wonder, the TouchBound objects are … Really complex under the hood, mainly because they do a lot of background work for the user and they are all communicating with each others to keep the limb animation system synchronized, I’m trying to make them work in such a way that they are as transparent as possible for the user.

Several persons reported that the whole “clicking business” is a bit difficult to use for the average user, and i understand this problem. I’m open for suggestions on this matter if anyone think they have a solution ( one that doesn’t involve abandoning the “natural use” concept completely).

I’m back to work on the TouchBound bondage mittens (or whatever the final name will be). I pretty much finalized the common code changes for all the TouchBound products that enables the special features of the bondage mittens, which means that when both wrists wear a mitten type TouchBound items, all the attachments will reject clicks from their owner :), on top of it I will add an RLV compatibility layer for those with RLV clients.

However this new feature brought an interesting little conundrum:

1. If you wear the mittens locked, you cannot unlock them by yourself.
2. If you locked them with biometric padlocks, only you can open them.
3. As a result, you’re pretty much stuck because only you can pop the locks open and you’re the only person not allowed to interact with them.

I think I will add a safety feature to them that doesn’t allow self locking with biometric padlocks, just to be on the safe side of things.

I’m using GIT to keep my multiple scripts in check, to finish the paws i needed to roll a patch on all my touchbound products, well I apparently had prepared ANOTHER patch before that and it’s causing GIT to choke a little so I have to check quite a few conflicts in the script merging.

The good news is that LL introduced new bugs which I’m going to fix at the same time I’m rolling the mitts patch. So that means the black tabs of doom on the isolation headphones will be corrected. Why is there no one reporting those bugs?

The bad news is that all this is pushing me further behind my schedule and I get the feeling the paws won’t be released before November the 2nd, at which point I will be gone to visit a friend in USA.

I’m nearing the completion of the code for the paw mitts, they will have a special feature that prevent the wearer to interact with touchbound products if they are on and locked. Because of this i will have to release a general update that change a couple of things in the way touchbound products interact with each others.

There shouldn’t be any breakage if you insist on using an older version but the touch blocking might be erratic.

So I highly recommend to use the update when it goes live. In term of usage it won’t change anything, it’s all “under the hood”.

… aaand mostly working, I still have some code to do on the hud and just uploaded 66 textures.

Fixed a bug that would cause the IM blocking button to present a behavior opposite to it’s current state.

IMs are now blocked when the IM Button is RED, The color coding of the isolation set being that green = permitted.

Fixed a minor permission error that would make the object show as nomod, nocopy, notransfer.

I made most of the Baroness pictures yesterday but I was too tired to do a blog post, so I’m putting it here. By the way, I’m not updating the current shop with the new perms and stuffs since I’m going to replace it as soon as I’m done with all this.

The satellite vendors should be up to date the second I’m done with each objects, the perms and new layers are free for those who already bought the product obviously.

Some more eye candy, feel free to express your opinion.