What does "Tracking" do in NEARBY?

[Chic Aeon]

I don't go into the NEARBY menu often except to derender folks when needed,  but along with some obvious things, there is TRACKING and MARK (in a color).  Searching forums and Google are giving me no hints. Firestorm talks about tracking people through the WORLD tab. 

So, smart folks - - what is this about?  I am of course curious. Thanks. 

FIRESTORM viewer -- maybe others. 

[Solar Legion]

13 minutes ago, Chic Aeon said:

I don't go into the NEARBY menu often except to derender folks when needed,  but along with some obvious things, there is TRACKING and MARK (in a color).  Searching forums and Google are giving me no hints. Firestorm talks about tracking people through the WORLD tab. 

So, smart folks - - what is this about?  I am of course curious. Thanks. 

FIRESTORM viewer -- maybe others. 

Tracking places a moving beacon on the avatar you have selected similar to the beacons used by landmarks and direct map selection. It should be noted however that tracking will not function properly for parcels that have visibility outside of the parcel turned off - the moment someone you are tracking enters such a parcel the data is interrupted. Ditto for a tracked avatar teleporting out of the region.

As for marking I am unsure but it sounds like a function that could be useful in some RP sims.

[Whirly Fizzle]

"Marking" an avatar via the radar changes the colour of their dot on the minimap & also their name colour in the name tag.
It's mostly used to combat RP where you can mark the enemy avatars in one colour & the friend avatars in another.

[Chic Aeon]

So that explains WHY when I clicked on tracking it did nothing LOL. Thought I was missing something. These days it seems like most folks have visibility outside turned off so not as useful as it might have been. But I can see in an RP situation it could be handy.

Thanks to you both!

[Solar Legion]

5 minutes ago, Chic Aeon said:

So that explains WHY when I clicked on tracking it did nothing LOL. Thought I was missing something. These days it seems like most folks have visibility outside turned off so not as useful as it might have been. But I can see in an RP situation it could be handy.

Thanks to you both!

Not a problem. It is also useful for keeping track of friends and pets when you are out shopping or wandering a sim and you have to step away for a bit.