Advisory: PMAC PRODUCT WARNINGS
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 1:35 am
For those of you who do not know me, I create interactive furnishings using the magnificent Paramour Multi Animation Controller, which I will refer to as PMAC for the remainder of this advisory. PMAC uses OSSL functions and enables you to have NPCs inside of your furniture without having those unsightly poseballs. The problem this presents to Merchants is that this will Generate WARNINGS because the system is looking for assets it cannot find. This is because NPCs are nothing more than an XML file with instructions for displaying a list of UUIDs. NPCs do not transfer well through hypergrid but that will NOT HARM the functionality of the PMAC product itself as long as all OSSL requirements in opensim.ini and osslEnable.ini are satisfied.
It is impractical for me to develop content on Kitely as I cannot afford a region on this grid and secondly, I posses sufficient resources to build content locally. I am prone to making mistakes so having DAILY OAR and IAR backups are essential. I am fully aware of what causes the errors as mentioned above. to work around this problem, I have provided EXTENSIVE documentation inside my PMAC product to educate my consumer on how to add their OWN NPCs to the furniture they purchase. Since I originate the content on OSGrid and I have several customers on OSGrid purchasing the product, the NPCs (which ship with the product) work as expected for OSGrid users.
So be aware that if you are designing content OUTSIDE the Kitely grid, and I am sure I am not the only person doing so, you may run into these sorts of errors. I cannot stress enough the importance of providing your consumer with adequate documentation. Thus far, I have not received ONE COMPLAINT regarding the performance of my PMAC (Please see the reviews on my product pages) furniture and customer satisfaction is my HIGHEST PRIORITY. I have been known to hand deliver NPC assets to paying customers.
I am working toward the goal of making NPCS which can be fully transferrable but it has been met with limited success. Once I find an acceptable solution, I will update this thread for the benefit of anyone who originates content outside of Kitely.
Warm Regards
Spax Orion (Spax Zorin on Kitely)
SimGEAR - Affordable Hypergrid Utilities
hg.osgrid.org:80:ozone
It is impractical for me to develop content on Kitely as I cannot afford a region on this grid and secondly, I posses sufficient resources to build content locally. I am prone to making mistakes so having DAILY OAR and IAR backups are essential. I am fully aware of what causes the errors as mentioned above. to work around this problem, I have provided EXTENSIVE documentation inside my PMAC product to educate my consumer on how to add their OWN NPCs to the furniture they purchase. Since I originate the content on OSGrid and I have several customers on OSGrid purchasing the product, the NPCs (which ship with the product) work as expected for OSGrid users.
So be aware that if you are designing content OUTSIDE the Kitely grid, and I am sure I am not the only person doing so, you may run into these sorts of errors. I cannot stress enough the importance of providing your consumer with adequate documentation. Thus far, I have not received ONE COMPLAINT regarding the performance of my PMAC (Please see the reviews on my product pages) furniture and customer satisfaction is my HIGHEST PRIORITY. I have been known to hand deliver NPC assets to paying customers.
I am working toward the goal of making NPCS which can be fully transferrable but it has been met with limited success. Once I find an acceptable solution, I will update this thread for the benefit of anyone who originates content outside of Kitely.
Warm Regards
Spax Orion (Spax Zorin on Kitely)
SimGEAR - Affordable Hypergrid Utilities
hg.osgrid.org:80:ozone