PREFERENCES IN FIRESTORM-PART 1

TODAY WILL BE DOING A 4 PART BLOG ABOUT PREFERENCES IN FIRESTORM VIEWER. REMEMBER IF U HAVE QUESTIONS EITHER GO TO A CLASS OR JOIN THE FIRESTORM SUPPORT ENGLISH GROUP AND HAVE THE GREAT SUPPORT TEAM HELP YOU OUT.

Firestorm Preferences set 1 class material based on the 4.4.2 release.

This material covers some of our Preferences. In particular we will cover the General, Chat and Privacy tabs

CTRL-P or Avatar Menu > Preferences will open the preferences


****General Tab

Language > Lets you choose System Default or the language of your choice from the drop down menu. System is generally what the default language is on your computer.

I want to access content rated > Allows you to choose what maturity level of content you are able to access inworld

General, Moderate, Adult: Allows access to all content. You must be age-verified to enable this option.

General and Moderate: Lets you access General and Moderate content

General: Limits you to General content

The "Start Location" drop down menu allows you to choose the default login location showing on the login screen. My Home or My Last Location.

Show on login > Check this to enable the login location picker on the login screen (recommended). You want this enabled to use a great feature on the Privacy tab.

Name Tags > Here you choose how you display residents' tags on your screen. For the most part, these apply to what you see, not what others see on you.

Off: Will set it so you do not see tags

On: Means tags will always be visible

Show briefly: Shows the tags temporarily, You can adjust the time they show through the box to the right.

You can enable or disable the following: .

My name > When unchecked, will not show your tag. Again, this is for your view only, others still see it.

Group titles > Unchecked, hides ALL group titles

View Display Names > When checked, shows display names

Highlight friends > Colors tags of those on your friends list differently from those not on your list.

Usernames > When checked, shows usernames

You can have Display Names or Usernames, or both enabled, and this affects all instances of names in the viewer.

Hide own group title > Allows you to hide your own group title.

Legacy names instead of usernames > Will show legacy names (Firstname Lastname) instead of usernames (firstname.lastname). This requires Usernames being enabled.

Don't trim "Resident" from Legacy names will keep the "resident" place marker in tags.

Away timeout > Will set you to Away if there is no mouse or keyboard input for the minutes set. Your choices are:

2 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
30 minutes
60 minutes
never

Log out after being marked away > Will log you out after being away for the number of minutes you set here. Your choices are:

2 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
30 minutes
never

Sit when away > Will sit your avatar when in Away mode. This can be useful to avoid either "playful" friends or griefing.
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Use web profiles by default > Displays user profiles as web profiles rather than in a profile window.

Pressing letter keys: > (Note that this is the same setting as in Preferences > Chat)

Starts local chat
or,
Affects movement (WASD): You need this option enabled to use the letter keys for movement.


****Chat Tab

**General sub-tab

Chat window font size > Choose: Small, Medium, Large or Huge

Onscreen console font size > Choose: Small, Medium, Large or Huge

You can enable/disable the following:

Always display Group chats, IM sessions and nearby chat in uppercase > will show ALL chat as uppercase on your screen

Play typing animation when chatting > Your avatar will play the typing animation when chatting in local with this enabled.

Play avatar animations > For example, shouting and whispering.

Hear typing sound when people type in local chat > Enable if you want to hear this sound; disable if you don't. Only works if they are using typing animation.

Send typing notifications to other avatars during IM sessions > Will allow others to see that you are typing a response in the IM window.

Enable auto-completion of gestures in nearby chatbar > If this is enabled, then typed gestures will auto-complete as typed.

Enable automatic name prediction in nearby chatbar > allows for names in local to predict the name you are typing based on the letters typed and avatars in radar range.

Email me IMs when I'm offline > Will send any offline IMs to the email that you have on file with LL.

Use V1 style chat headers > Makes chat look like V1 style chat as in it removes the line above the actual chat and places speaker's name and text on the same line.

When using V2/3 style chat headers, show mini icons > Shows the icon in the IM/group chat next to the name. If Use V1 style chat headers is enabled, this will not show even if enabled.

Show chat in bubbles above avatars > Puts local chat in bubbles above users' heads.

Show typing indicator in bubbles above avatars > This indicates that an avatar is typing by displaying a bubble above the avatar's head. The text itself will appear according to your settings.

Pressing letter keys (gives two options):

Starts local chat

Affects movement (i.e. WASD)

Show IMs in > Lets you choose to show IMs in separate windows or in Tabs in the Conversations window.

Chat Tab Mode Orientation > Allows you to choose to have your tabs either:

Horizontal > Puts the tabs in the Conversations window across the bottom.

Vertical > Puts the tabs in the Conversations window on the left side (enabled by default).

Name format for IM tabs > lets you choose how the names show on IM tabs, your choices are;
Display Name
Username
Display Name (Username)
Username (display Name)


**Notifications sub-tab

Enable incoming Chat popups > Allows Group and/or IM chats to appear onscreen, in either console or toasts, whichever is set below.

Use console for chat popups instead of floating toasts (Viewer 1.x style) > ) Displays chat in the onscreen left-hand console rather than in toasts.

Show IMs in chat console > Will show IMs in the chat console. This is on the screen, not in the Conversations window.

Show group chat in chat console > Will show group chat in the chat console. This is on the screen, not in the Conversations window.

Length of group names to be printed in chat history:
Setting '0' turns it off.
Setting '-1' shows the full group name.
Setting '1 or higher' shows the group name truncated to how ever many characters are set here, the '[' and ']' aren't counted.

Show IMs in nearby chat window: Shows the text of received IM in the nearby chat window.

Save IMs in nearby chat: Enables logging of IMs along with local chat; requires that local chat be logged, which can be enabled in the Privacy tab.

Fade IM text into the background of the chat history: 0.25 for most faded, 1 for no fade.

Announce incoming IMs as soon as the sender starts typing > Opens an IM tab or window as soon as someone starts typing to you.

Flash IM tabs when friends come online or go offline: visually notifies you when friends log in or out; most useful during IM conversations.

Report muted group chat in nearby chat, If chat starts in a group which you have “muted”, a message to that effect will be displayed in nearby chat.
Group chat can be “muted” (disabled) in the groups profile window.

When receiving Instant Messages and When receiving Group Instant Messages allow you to hear a sound when you get a message, your options are

Play sound only on new IM session

Play sound on every message received

Play sound only if not in focus

Don't play any notification sound


**Firestorm sub-tab

Chat and IM enhancements

”:” as a synonym for ”/me” > Used in Role Playing. Allows the use of ”:” instead of ”/me” to indicate an action or emote, instead of a statement. For example, ”:nods in agreement” appears as “John Doe nods in agreement”.

Note there is no space between the colon and the first word.

Emotes use italic font > Makes emotes show in italics.

Auto-close ((OOC)) parentheses > Used in Role Playing. When entering a message in RP mode, it is assumed RPers are speaking as their character. To communicate something outside of their character, they enclose their message with ”((” and ”))”.

When checked, the viewer automatically appends a ”))” to a message if it isn't present. For example ((This is OOC” results in ”((This is OOC))”.

Add a chatbar in the Nearby Chat window > As the name implies

Show channel selection in chat bar > Enables the channel selector in the nearby chat bar.

Autohide Main Chatbar > If this is enabled, then the chat bar at the bottom if the screen will close after you have typed something. Starting to type anything again will cause it to reopen.

Note that if both the WASD selection in Pressing Letter Keys and Autohide are enabled, you will need to hit Enter/Return before you begin typing in an autohidden chat bar.

Deselect Chat after sending Messages > Will move the cursor out of the chatbar after you send a message.

Mark objects with (no name) when they speak to avoid spoofing > This allows object names in chat to be clicked, so that you can get information about them (creator, owner, etc). Useful in griefing situations.

Group Chat

Enable group moderator message highlighting: This option will make text posted by group moderators stand out in group chat, so you can easily tell which poster has moderator rights. Two options may be combined (you may enable either one, or both):

The Name style and Text style dropdown menus have the same options.

Normal
Bold
Italic
Bold and Italic
Underline
Bold and Underline
Bold Italic and Underline

Disable ALL group chats > Prevents group chats from opening automatically when another user IMs the group.

When “receive group notices” is disabled, disable group chat as well > Turns off group chat from any group from which you are not receiving group notices.

Note: Group text chat may now be disabled independently of group notices, in the groups profile window.

Note: The viewer will receive group chat with these options turned on when an Group Chat tab is open for the group in the Conversations window. What the option does is prevent the automatic creation of a tab when a group message is received.

Timestamps

Hide timestamp in Nearby Chat > Will hide the timestamp in the nearby chat window.

Hide timestamp in IMs > Will hide the timestamp in IMs.

Console

Use classic draw mode for console: Changes the chat console background to surround all visible text instead of displaying separate backgrounds per line of chat.

Use full screen width for console > Will allow the chat to be the full width of the screen

Fade chat after __seconds __ # lines > Allows you to choose how long chat console shows and how many lines show up before fading.


**Radar sub-tab

Here you can choose what alerts you get as well as optionally enabling a sound to be played.

You can preview the sound by clicking the "P" button, restore the default sound by clicking the "D" button.

To get a new UUID, find a sound in your inventory that has full permissions, then right-click the sound and select Copy Asset UUID from the menu. Then paste the value into the appropriate text box.

Radar reports when avatars enter chat range > Will show in nearby chat when an avatar enters chat range.
Play sound UUID > enables the sound when checked.

Radar reports when avatars leave chat range > Will show in nearby chat when an avatar leaves chat range.
Play sound UUID > enables the sound when checked.

Radar reports when avatars enter draw distance > Will show in nearby chat when an avatar enters your draw distance.
Play sound UUID > enables the sound when checked.

Radar reports when avatars enter draw distance > Will show in nearby chat when an avatar enters your draw distance.
Play sound UUID > enables the sound when checked.

Radar reports when avatars leave draw distance > Will show in nearby chat when an avatar leaves your draw distance.
Play sound UUID > enables the sound when checked.

Radar reports when avatars enter the region > Will show in nearby chat when an avatar enters the region.
Play sound UUID > enables the sound when checked.

Radar reports when avatars leave the region > Will show in nearby chat when an avatar leaves the region.
Play sound UUID > enables the sound when checked.

To change a sound simply right click and full perm sound in your inventory, choose copy asset UUID and paste it if the appropriate text box.

Report enter alerts to scripts and Report exit alerts to scripts will send a message to scripts when someone enters or leaves

You can set the channel with the debug setting "RadarAlertChannel"


**Keyword Alerts sub-tab

Enable Keyword Alerts > Enables using Keyword Alerts.

Look for Keywords in Chat: When checked, the alert system monitors Local Chat for the presence of these keywords.

Look for Keywords in IMs and Group Chat > When checked, the alert system monitors the IM and Group Chat areas for presence of these keywords.

Note: Because Group Chats are prevented from appearing when either "When Receive Group Notices is disabled, Disable Group Chat As Well" or "Disable All Group Chats" are enabled (see above), no alerts are triggered.

Keywords (separated by commas) > Specifies the list of words that will trigger an alert. They can be individual words or phrases and are separated by commas.

Enable Color Alert > When checked, any messages that are to be alerted will have their color changed to what is specified in the color selector.

Play Alert Sound > Enables playing a sound, identified by the UUID:

Alert Sound UUID > Supply the alert sound UUID here. A default is given.

To get a new UUID, find a sound in your inventory that has full permissions, then right-click the sound and select Copy Asset UUID from the menu. Then paste the value into the text box.


**Text Input sub-tab

Auto-replace (button) Opens the auto-replace window where you can enable this feature as well as add or remove lists and entries. This feature is covered in our Odds and Ends 2 class.

Spell Checking (button) Opens the spell checking window where you can enable the feature as well as choose the dictionary to use.

Translation (button): Opens the Chat Translation Settings window, where you can specify if you want chat to be translated and which service to use.

The double chat bubble on the top of the nearby chat window will toggle translation on or off.


****Privacy Tab

**General sub-tab

Clear History (button) > Will clear login image, last location, teleport history, web and texture cache

Publish my avatar in search listings > When enabled, allows anyone to find you using Search (which they can anyway if they know your full username).

Only friends and groups know I'm online > Allows only people on your friends list to see if you are online. Please note that LSL has a function that will still show your true online status to anyone.

Only friends and groups can call or IM me > When enabled, allows only friends and groups to be able to IM or call you. This is one we do not recommend enabling.

Switch off microphone when ending calls > Turns off your microphone when you end a private voice call (recommended and enabled by default). This can save some embarrassment :)

Automatically Accept New Inventory items > will automatically accept any inventory offers from avatars.

Use legacy inventory offer accept/decline messages > If enabled, the viewer will only send accept and decline messages after pressing the according button. If disabled, the accept response will be sent automatically as soon as the inventory offer has been received. This option has no effect if inventory offers are accepted automatically.

Automatically show newly accepted items in inventory > Will open the inventory window focused on that item when you receive an item.

Automatically view notecards, textures, landmarks after accepting > Will open the notecards, textures and landmarks after accepting them.

Create particle effects upon giving inventory objects to other avatars > This will show a swirl of particles around you when you give things to others.

Show my Favorite Landmarks at Login (via "Start At" drop-down menu) > This allows any LMs saved in your Favorites folder to be accessed from the login screen. This allows you to log in directly to any LM in your favorites.

Chat Logs Here you can enable/disable saving chat logs, as well as add timestamps and/or dates.

Save nearby chat logs on my computer (may cause lag) > Enable this to log local chat.

Save IM logs on my computer > Enable this to log IMs (enabled by default).

Add timestamp to each line in chat log (enabled by default > If enabled, each line in chat logs will have a time stamp prepended.

Show seconds in chat and log timestamps > Self explanatory.

Add datestamp to log file name > If enabled, log file names will have the current date included in the file name (not recommended).

Append the grid name to chat log folders (set at login) will add the grid name to the log folder.

Manage Block/Mute list > People and/or objects you have blocked. Brings the Block/Mute list up.


**LookAt sub-tab

Show look at targets > Global toggle to enable the look at cross hairs. These indicate a camera's focus point, not necessarily where a person's camera actually is.

Show names for look at targets > In this drop down menu you can select whether to show avatar names on the look at crosshairs: your options are,

None
Complete name
Display name
Legacy name
Username

Don't show me my own look at target > If enabled, this option inhibits the display of your own look at crosshairs on your screen.

Don't send my look at target to others > Prevents your camera focus point from showing to others.

Don't set any look at targets not even to myself > Prevents your avatar's head from moving to face a point your camera is focused on in your own view. This head movement is not necessarily visible to others whether or not this option is enabled.

Don't send my selection target hints > Prevents your selection point from showing to others. This also disables the pointing animation.


*Autoresponse sub-tab

Automatic response (for UNAVAILABLE/BUSY online status)
Enter the text for the Unavailable (turn it on or off in the Comm menu > Online status)

Automatic response (for AUTORESPONSE online status
Enter the text for the autorespond (turn it on or off in the Comm menu > Online status)

Automatic response (for AUTORESPONSE TO NON-FRIENDS online status)
Enter the text for the autorespond to non-friends (turn it on or off in the Comm menu > Online status)

Send autoresponse to muted avatars > Check this box to autorespond to avatars you have muted. This will not unmute them.

Automatic response sent to muted avatars
Enter the text for the autoresponse to muted avatars