conrad Evanier Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Hello all i have been asked to ceate a greeter that could list the avi names and what county they are in, a nice idea that got me interested so i started to look into it. Now as far as i can see you could only do this by checking the persons ip address which i think would be in breach of terms of use so i dont think il bother with it. Any ways i thought i would ask on here if there was any other way like get data, best i could see from that would be getting the default language of their viewer but this would not be a good indication of the country they are in. Any ideas would be welcome thanks for looking :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkie Minotaur Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 *covers his head with his arms and whimpers since he fears that the avalanche to be stirred by this question is close to the 'how to get the gender of an ava' discussions* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qie Niangao Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 llTextBox() Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innula Zenovka Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I can't see any sane way to do it, I'm afraid. As you say, the only information you can get from the viewer is the language, with llGetAgentLanguage. To get their location, you would need to sniff their IP address and, while I guess you might stay within ToS if you IM'd your greeting to them (i.e. didn't share their location in public chat with anyone who might be listening) you'd inevitably upset a lot of people to whom you were just trying to say "Hello," which isn't really what you want a greeter to do. It would creep me out, certainly, to be thus greeted, and I almost certainly wouldn't go back to wherever it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Try asking the visitor. That's the only legal and reliable method (unless they're lying). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkie Minotaur Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 *raises his paw still frightened* I think there is a fundamental flaw: You are talking about where the person behind the ava could be from. But that wasn't the question. Me, Darkie, is from a place that is in no way related to where the person behind me is from. ETA: As far as I know, in the worls I'm from, the don't even have IP addresses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad Evanier Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 LOL darkie yes its an odd 1 but it just interested me any way i think i will leave this one alone, they can go ask some one else. And i agree innula i think it would be a bit of a creepy way to greet people lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Visiting relatives in Slobovia? Studying abroad? Hiding from the Mafia or the tax authorities in a third world country? :smileytongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad Evanier Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 conrads is "second star to the right, and straight on till morning" lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
161488303349 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 can just ask them like: Hii you, where you from? if they say then can greet them in their language, and then ask them if is ok to save for next time they come. can even ask them if they wants notecards and stuff in their own language as well edit: eep!!! what rolig said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwenting Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Various levels of privacy protection laws prohibit disclosure of that information by Linden Labs, and rightly so. What's next, do you want to harvest the creditcard numbers of your visitors as well, maybe their social security numbers, passport numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Convair Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 You can get the language their viewer is set to. (llGetAgentLanguage) Thats all you need for a greeter and all you get. If you need more ask google - I heared they know everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad Evanier Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Hello again everyone this post grew legs didnt it lmao @ jwenting and a few others that seem a bit confused about what my post was. Basicaly i had a customer ask if i could make a greeter for them to show the flag of the country the last visiter was in with a list of names and their country, not a bad idea i thought so i looked into it and found they only way to do this was check the ip address, SO i posted on here to see if there was anyother way to do this. As i can see theres not and to be honest have lost any interest in this bleeding greeter lol, but it did make me laugh going from a lil greeter to jwenting ranting about credit card details lmao tooo funny maybe a lil to much caffeine hey mate lmao still it made me smile:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwenting Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Not ranting, just explaining why such things are a very bad idea... And yes, once people start asking private data from total strangers and those total strangers start giving it without being able to stop, where will it end? Maybe this time it's "just" the country, next time someone wants to have their full home address and telephone number so they can "send a gift". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 LOL... The OP knew that in the beginning. He said... "Now as far as i can see you could only do this by checking the persons ip address which i think would be in breach of terms of use so i dont think il bother with it. Any ways i thought i would ask on here if there was any other way like get data ...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad Evanier Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 thank you Rolig its nice to see that at least a few people actually read my question, but very entertaining to see that most just jump to the worng conclusion lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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