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Many of you probably already know this, but for the benefit of those who don’t:

There’s an easy way to add Asian or European characters with the “gag label” feature.

Just type the character in chat. e.g. “/1g label 奴” will work just fine. (btw “奴” means slave in Chinese and Japanese Kanji).

Now, the problem is if you don’t already have an Asian or European keyboard. Then you’ll need to find the character’s unicode number somewhere (maybe google it?), and then either:

(1) type the 4-character number like so: (e.g. “/1g \u5974″ if you wish to use the unicode character “U+5974″, dropping the “+”), OR;

(2) in Window’s free Character Map program, look up the unicode (e.g. 5974) in the font Arial Unicode MS. Then you can select and then copy the character “奴”. Paste the character into your chat (e.g. “/1g label 奴”) and you’re done.

Have fun,
Lulu

I’ve had a few reports of the Signature Gag refusing to come off when you click “gag remove” on the menu. At first I can’t repro the bug, but with the help of Fashionista Idris Georgia and his subbie Susie Pastorelli, I was able to narrow the hunt. It turns out that it’s an intermittent bug that only affects a small group.

Nonetheless, I’m happy to report that it’s been squashed and the fix will be in the next update.

Meantime, try “/1g–” or “/1g remove” instead

[EDIT: this bug is now officially squashed as of v4.2.0]

Cheers,
Lulu

First things first, I’ve been away for almost three weeks (mostly work), but now I’m back. I expect to be on the road for one or two more quick trips in the near future, but I think I’ll survive!

Since the latest gags/cuffs have been stable for a few months now, the v5.6.3 HUD (and Cuffs v2.4.1 and gags v4.1.1) are now on General Release (up from Silent Release) – meaning if you are using outdated gags/cuffs, you should now get a prompt to upgrade when you next rez a gag/cuff.

To upgrade, simply go to the Secret Warehouse and hit the Upgrade Switch.

Oh, and remember, v5.6.3 HUD will only accept the latest v4.1 gags and v2.4 cuffs – don’t try transferring your old gags or cuffs into your HUD as that won’t work.

PLUS: a few people have reported SL borkage after the transfer process in which the HUD doesn’t seem to recognize the transferred cuffs/gags even though the transfer went smoothly. To fix, try saying “/1.quickreset”… and saving your HUD if you haven’t already done so (click the “SAVE” button if it turns on). You can also try TP’ing to a new sim.

Have fun!

xoxo
Lulu

All RC gags and cuffs have now been put on silent release. I would’ve put them on General Release with the usual announcements, but being as I’m going to be traveling for the next couple of weeks, I thought I’d better play it safe and do it this way.

See previous posts for all the goodies that the new Silent Release brings.

Enjoy!

The Release Candidate Cuffs have been updated to v2.4.1 (mainly fixed a gender issue – thanks Chartruse Skytower!).

The HUD has also been updated to v5.6.3 (the sim performance bar was overlapping the LULU logo).

If you have v2.4.0 cuffs or below, you need to re-setup the cuffs.

If you have v4.1.1 gags, you can just transfer into the v5.6.3 HUD (which you get for your cuff update, or if you get a fresh gag RC box, at the setup screen, instead of choosing “SETUP”, choose “transfer…” to transfer in the v4.1.1 gags over from your v5.6.x HUD.

REMINDER: Gags or cuffs from old HUDs (v5.5.x and below) cannot be transferred into the v5.6.x HUD -> there are fundamental changes that make them incompatible.

I’m expecting this to be the last RC refresh – if I don’t receive any major bug reports, this will go into general release soon.

Enjoy!

RC Gag v4.1.1 is out, with bugfixes and an important fix:

If you have v4.0 or v4.1.0 gags, the penalty for missing a No-AFK prompt would sometimes be very large (e.g. 24 hours for missing one prompt). This is not by design – the average penalty for each infraction should be way less than an hour. I’ve checked the code and it looks fine – it seems like it’s one of those SL lag / sync issues. A few Fashionistas and I have tested this and couldn’t repro it.

That said, it’s obviously very frustrating to be hit with this issue, so I’ve decided to hard-code the maximum possible penalty for each infraction as 1 hour – most of the time it should be way less, and you will only get the maximum if (a) the random generator decides so, and (b) you have been afk for hours and hours, missing many many prompts (the penalty increases slightly after each infraction, but is subject to a random event so you won’t really feel so).

Please try the 4.1.1 gag and tell me if you have problems.

There are other bug fixes, notably correct RLV garble tight/No-IM messages, and you’ll get a lot more random emotes again.

This release candidate clears all known bugs. If you spot any more, send me a bug report

If you intend on doing Trials, you’d be better off with v4.1.1 than v4.0.x or v4.1.0.

Thanks Data Montgolfier, Frank Skosh, Idris Georgia, Babi Harbour and Chartruse Skytower for beta testing and various bug reports.

Cheers,

Lulu

PS. To get the Release Candidate, click the Beta Boxes which are at the door when you enter the Warehouse. All previous settings will be automatically transferred via LULU servers when you set up the gag.

A few avies have submitted bug reports regarding using the key for the first time with the Release Candidate gear (with HUD v5.6.x), and getting the following error:

llDialog: must supply a message

This is fixed in the next RC refresh.

Meantime, the temporary workaround is to:
1. Reset owner on HUD menu (or via “/1.owner”).
2. Re-instate owner .

xoxo,
Lulu

Congratulations to Alisa Menna, who is the second person to reach First Slave x 6 (i.e. First Slave on all six gags). This is no mean feat. Well done, Alisa!

The first person to attain First Slave x 6 a while ago is Feliciana Zabaleta, who is back after a spell away. (Feliciana is a herder in the First Slave Club, so you can IM her to change your group roles if you’ve got more than one First Slave. If you’re a First Slave and are not in the First Slave Club, you can IM her for an invite too  )

xoxo
Lulu

The RC Cuffs have been refreshed at the Beta box (right inside the Warehouse entrance – don’t use the Update Switch, that’s for general release only).

Only the HUD version has changed (now 5.6.1):

• HUD and gear will now detect and use RLV again if on (thanks Kwakkelde Kwak for the heads up!)
• leather cuffs should allow arm/thigh plugin activation (if you have v5.6.0 HUD, you need to /1.quickreset before activating).  (Thanks Dina Vhargon!)

Since only the HUD has changed, if you’re updating from HUD 5.6.0, you don’t need to set up anything. Just wear the new v5.6.1, and at the setup menu, don’t choose “SETUP” – instead choose “transfer…” and transfer your gear from 5.6.0. And carry on from there normally – you’re effectively swapping HUDs without setting up anything new.

But if you’re updating from 5.5.x and below, you need to set up everything – nothing can be transferred over.

Gags: The RC gags are still on v5.6.0 HUD – which means RLV won’t really work on them, unless you transfer them to an updated Cuff HUD (v5.6.1). I’ll get round to updating the gags later. All these packing takes up more time than it looks

Keep the bug reports coming. This is a big update, and there are lots of changes – and I really need help with lotsa people playing with the new gear to try to break them. I can’t really do it all by myself (well, I can, but (a) it’ll take me forever – the interdependence among various sims/cuffs/gags/HUDs is getting more complex, (b) you’ll never get new toys, and (c) I’ll probably die of boredom first). So, please try to break them and let me know!

Enjoy,
Lulu

PS. It’s probably safe to set up in RLV now, and I’ve removed the RLV setup warning. Least until someone reports otherwise