Sunday, January 31, 2010

Gold Pot, Bronze Pot, LoLLy Script Update

A script update for the (DS) Gold Pot, (DS) Bronze Pot, and LoLLy adds several new features. To get the update, go to an inworld Bit Bucket location, wear your Gold Pot or Bronze Pot, then wear the Bit Bucket that is delivered to you.

An inworld Bit Bucket Giver is located at Diamond Synthesis Pots & Buckets

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Blung/229/30/21


NEW FEATURES

1. Support for large number of fishers.

The pot and LoLLy supports over 100 fishers, although lag typically limits the number of fishers to a lower number.

2. config limits.

The number of places ("split:" line) is limited to 50. For team competition (gold pot only), the number of places should be 15 or less.

The number of prizes ("prize:" and "prizetie:" lines) is limited to 25. For team competition (gold pot only), the number of prizes should be 10 or less.

The number of gifts ("gift:" line) is limited to 10.

3. Support for floating text longer than 254 characters.

When the pot displays payout information, including prizes, the floating text may exceed the display limit. In this case, the text is divided into pages, which change every 8 seconds.

4. Improved inventory checking.

The pot checks that prizes and gifts are in pot inventory when the first contribution is made to an empty pot and when a new configuration option is selected (gold pot only).

5. Incremental buy in.

If a contest requires a buy in and a person makes a contribution that is less than the buy in amount, the pot remembers. If the person makes additional contributions during the buy in period, they are added to the prior contributions when determining if the buy in succeeds.

6. Persistent buy in period.

When a "buyin period: 0" line appears in the config notecard, the buy in period is not timed and lasts until the contest ends.

7. show prizes: on

When a "show prizes: on" line appears in the config notecard, the pot displays prizes following the payout. All prizes are shown.

By default, the pot displays prizes only if there is no payout for a place.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Gold Pot Script Update

A script update for the (DS) Gold Pot adds a new feature, which is also included in the (DS) Bronze pot. An updated (DS) Gold Pot Guide is also delivered. To get the update, go to an inworld Bit Bucket location, wear your Gold Pot, then wear the Bit Bucket that is delivered to you.

An inworld Bit Bucket is located at Diamond Synthesis Pots & Buckets

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Blung/229/30/21


NEW FEATURES

1. show prizes: on

Add a "show prizes: on" line to the config notecard and the pot will display the name of the prize (e.g. Gold Trophy) following the payout.

If more than one prize is given to a place, the pot only shows the first prize name.

By default, a prize name is displayed only if there is no payout for a place.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

January Pot Owner Special

If you own a fishing contest pot that currently retails for L$300 or more, you may purchase a (DS) Bronze Pot for L$100 through January 31, 2010. Contact diamond Marchant via IM to purchase.

The (DS) Bronze Pot by Diamond Synthesis is a 7Seas Fishing Contest Board plug-in that accepts money (L$) donations, pays money prizes, and delivers non-money prizes and gifts.

Why do this?

~ This pot can give prizes to as many places as you want. Not limited to 5 places.
~ In case of ties, this pot gives out prizes, such as bait, to all who tie.
~ You can add prizes, such as bait, at any time.
~ You can configure this pot to not accept money and only give out non-money prizes.
~ The split uses proportions and is easy to set up. No figuring out percentages.
~ You can use this pot in addition to your current pot to give out prizes such as bait. This is faster than having one pot give out everything.
~ This pot is nice looking. It is mod so you can change the prim attributes.
~ If you already have a textured pot prim, you can copy the scripts and config from this pot into your pot prim. Copy in this order: config, (DS) Pot UI Bronze, (DS) Pot Engine Bronze.

If you do team contests, use multiple pot configurations, or desire contest results reporting/saving, please consider the (DS) Gold Pot.

Bronze Pot Now Available


The (DS) Bronze Pot by Diamond Synthesis is a 7Seas Fishing Contest Board plug-in that accepts money (L$) donations, pays money prizes, and delivers non-money prizes and gifts.

Buy at inworld Diamond Synthesis Pots & Buckets Store

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Stamper/7/177/38

or just search for "Bronze Pot" on XStreetSL.
~ Support solo contests. Handle over 100 fishers.
~ Pay up to 50 places.
~ Split uses proportions and is easy to setup (no figuring out percentages).
~ Give out up to 25 non-money prizes (i.e., any inventory item) according to place.
~ Display payout and prize information over the pot, paged text if text exceeds display limit.
~ Handle ties for money and non-money prizes, including ties for bait buckets and trophies.
~ Handle "no copy" prizes such as the (7S) Bait Bucket, automatically.
~ Allow adding non-money prizes (e.g., bait buckets) at any time.
~ Give up to 10 gifts (i.e., any inventory item) to all contestants or only those that reach a point value.
~ Allow configuring a non-money pot for giving only non-money prizes and gifts.
~ Allow use of multiple pots to improve performance when giving away items.
~ Lock onto a specific contest board so that multiple boards/pots can be used simultaneously.
~ Allow a contest entry fee. Give refund when contribution made prior to buy in period.
~ Allow a house rake.
~ Configurable text and text color for both empty and non-empty pots.
~ Broadcast results, including payout and prizes, to the (DS) LoLLY and (DS) Monster LoLLy.
~ Copy permission, use as many pots as you wish.
~ Modify permission, make your pot look the way you want.
~ Security to prevent hacker/griefer attacks.
~ Configure by editing config notecard.
~ The Bronze Pot Guide shows how to configure and use the Bronze Pot.
~ Bonus Crab Pot is a fishing contest pot for the (7S) Combat Crab, a personal scoreboard for 4 person contests
~ Script updates available inworld at a Diamond Synthesis Bit Bucket, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Stamper/7/177/38
~ Product and update information available at http://diamondsynthesis.blogspot.com.

For team contests, access to multiple configurations via menu, and contest reporting via the (DS) LoLLy, see the Gold Pot (https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1896455).