Free Monster LoLLy

Want to show 7Seas Fishing Contest Results on a big prim-text board. Then the Monster LoLLy is for you. It's insane and it's free from Diamond Synthesis.

You must also have a (DS) Bronze or Gold Pot, a hippoTell board (v2.6) from hippo Technologies, and some basic building skills.

The idea is that your rez multiple hippoTell boards together to make one big board. The Monster LoLLy controls your creation.

You can get your Monster LoLLy package here.

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

Here is the Monster LoLLy Guide, so you can decide if it's right for you.

ASSEMBLY

1. Rez a hippoTell board, v2.6. Drag the script "(DS) Monster Link" into the hippoTell board. Rename the hippoTell board to "Monster Board" (or a name of your choice) and take it back into inventory.

2. Rez a "(DS) Monster Lolly", which appears as a big purple backboard with a white cylinder (LoLLy) in the bottom center. Later you can change the appearance and size of the board, as you have full perms.

In local chat, you should see "Please rez Monster Boards one at a time within the next 5 minutes".

3. Rez a "Monster Board" against the purple backboard so that you can see it's display side. In local chat, you should see "Board n is up, (DS) Monster Link xxx.y" where n is a board number starting with 0 and xxx.y is a version string. Next, several hippoTell whispers appear.

The hippoTell board should

a) display "initializing..."
b) display "hello from board n"
c) display some hippoTech information
d) go blank

4. If you want more display lines, repeat step 3 within the 5 minute period. Each board you rez will give you 6 more display lines. Note that the "hello from board n" message should increment the n value.

5. When done rezzing hippoTell boards, you can move them so that they overlap and appear to be seamless. To get an alignment aid, touch the LoLLy (the white cylinder with the ds logo), and click the "Test Solo" button on the menu.

You may also wish to resize, recolor, or retexture the purple backdrop. You may delete the purple backdrop if you first unlink it from the LoLLy .


OPERATION

When the LoLLy is ready to receive results, it displays "Waiting for Results" in floating text.

At contest end, the Gold/Bronze Pot broadcasts results to the LoLLy for display. When a LoLLy has results, it displays "Loaded" in floating text. A "Loaded" LoLLy must be reset before it can receive results from another contest. Use the "New Contest" button on the menu to reset the LoLLy.

The LoLLy must be withing 20m of the Gold or Bronze Pot to receive contest results.


MENU

To access the Monster Lolly menu, touch the LoLLy. The menu is available to the owner and to those whose active group is the same as the LoLLy's group.

"New Contest"

Resets the LoLLy so that it can receive contest results. The Monster Board(s) is cleared.

"Text Color +/-"

Changes the text color to the next or previous color and restarts the display from the beginning.

"Team On/Off"

Turns the "Team Only Display" feature on or off and restarts the display from the beginning. When on, only team names are displayed.

Test Solo

Displays made-up results from a solo contest. The results exactly fill up the board(s) and are useful while aligning boards.

Test Team

Displays made-up results from a team contest.

LoLLy On/Off

Turns the LoLLy on or off. When the LoLLy is off, it does not listen for contest results.

Cycle +/-

Increases or decreases the number of seconds to display a page of results. Only used when the results do not fit onto the board. When decremented below the minimum value, cycling is turned off and only the first page of results is displayed. To turn cycling on again, click Cycle+.

Guide

Gives the (DS) Monster Board Guide.

Reinit

Puts the LoLLy into the 5 minute initialization period.


RECONFIGURING

To add or remove a board, you must repeat the process described in ASSEMBLY above.

As a shortcut, you can use the "Reinit" menu command rather than picking up the LoLLy and rerezzing it.

Also as a shortcut, you can reset the "(DS) Monster Link" script in a Monster Board rather than picking it up and rerezzing it.


MULTIPLE MONSTER LOLLIES

You can assemble multiple Monster LoLLies by repeating ASSEMBLY as many times as you want, making sure that that the 5 minute initialization periods DO NOT overlap.

For example, you might make a new Monster Board after each contest so that you can show the results of past contests.