FauxyLauxy Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I wasn't sure where to put this question, so I put it in General. Sorry if it's in the wrong place. A friend wants to change her name and was wondering if, when she changes it, if it updated her name on her friends lists or if she would have to re-friend everyone. Also, I was looking in the knowledge base for her to see if that information was available already and I was wondering, is the information in the knowledge base up-to-date information? or have there been changes? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollymews Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) the official Linden advice is here, and yes it is up to date on the specific question. Your friend's new name will automatically update everywhere in SL, including on her friends list. Linden advise that because of sub-systems caching it can take up to 24 hours for a new name to updated across all their systems, So just give it time to work all over Edited April 19, 2020 by Mollymews typo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FauxyLauxy Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 Thank you. I'll pass that on and let her know 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitimo Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 2 hours ago, FauxyLauxy said: I wasn't sure where to put this question, so I put it in General. Sorry if it's in the wrong place. A friend wants to change her name and was wondering if, when she changes it, if it updated her name on her friends lists or if she would have to re-friend everyone. Also, I was looking in the knowledge base for her to see if that information was available already and I was wondering, is the information in the knowledge base up-to-date information? or have there been changes? Thank you It automatically updates the name on everyone's friends list and, based on my experience yesterday, it happens immediately. She won't have to re-friend anyone. One thing I wasn't expecting though, it re-sets all your viewer settings to default (since these are stored locally on your PC under your username) so it's advisable to back those up before changing. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Alpha Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 51 minutes ago, Maitimo said: One thing I wasn't expecting though, it re-sets all your viewer settings to default (since these are stored locally on your PC under your username) so it's advisable to back those up before changing. If you locate the folder in question just rename it from your_oldname to my_newname (obviously using the correct names) and you will be all good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitimo Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 12 minutes ago, Kaindrall said: If you locate the folder in question just rename it from your_oldname to my_newname (obviously using the correct names) and you will be all good. Yeah I found out about that trick yesterday, but by then I had already re-set everything back the way I wanted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belindacarson Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Seems to delete anything you had in the "my note" section of someone's profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Nova Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) 52 minutes ago, belindacarson said: Seems to delete anything you had in the "my note" section of someone's profile Also deletes chat history when you open an IM. I see that my name change has not happened here on the forums yet. Edited April 19, 2020 by anniepany added something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Maitimo said: One thing I wasn't expecting though, it re-sets all your viewer settings to default (since these are stored locally on your PC under your username) so it's advisable to back those up before changing. 4 hours ago, anniepany said: Also deletes chat history when you open an IM. It's not that it resets things or deletes anything. It is just that all of the settings and chat logs have always been saved in a folder named with your username. The name change process cannot rename those folders for you. So when you start up the viewer - any viewer - it does not find a folder with the name you are logging in with, so it creates one. ETA: @Oz Linden - It would probably be very helpful if the Name Change page contained something like "Please review the FAQ before changing your name" and provided a link to it: https://lindenlab.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/31000155068-changing-your-username-faq/#Section_12 Edited April 19, 2020 by LittleMe Jewell 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 5 hours ago, belindacarson said: Seems to delete anything you had in the "my note" section of someone's profile That I would not have expected. I think I'd open a JIRA on that issue. Unless that is one of the things that is within your local folder on your computer - will have to go check on that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Nova Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 3 hours ago, LittleMe Jewell said: It's not that it resets things or deletes anything. It is just that all of the settings and chat logs have always been saved in a folder named with your username. The name change process cannot rename those folders for you. So when you start up the viewer - any viewer - it does not find a folder with the name you are logging in with, so it creates one. Thanks, Lil! So, I assume I can go in and change the name and it will change everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Whimsy Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 8 hours ago, anniepany said: I see that my name change has not happened here on the forums yet. Log out and back into the forum. That did it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Nova Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, So Whimsy said: Log out and back into the forum. That did it for me. I'll try that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Nova Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, So Whimsy said: Log out and back into the forum. That did it for me. It worked!! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Whimsy Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, Annie Nova said: It worked!! Thank you! You're welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 24 minutes ago, Annie Nova said: Thanks, Lil! So, I assume I can go in and change the name and it will change everything? What you now have on your computer is a set of folders under your old name and a set under your new name. Since you probably don't want to lose the recent IMs either, I'd probably do the following. - Log out of the viewer. - Go to your AppData/Roamnig/viewer_name folder. There will be folders for your old name and your new name - and any alts that you've logged in. You can copy the various chat and IM folders from your old name location to your new name location -- files named 'User_or_Group.txt'. For any that already exist, either copy all of the content from the old file to the beginning of the new file - or copy all of the content of the newer file to the end of the older file and then replace the new with the updated old. - You can also copy over some of the various settings files, but off the top of my head I don't remember which, if any, you should NOT copy over. You should probably take a backup of anything that you plan to replace, just in case the copied file causes problems. - There is also a general 'user_settings' folder located at the same level as the username folders. I think you can copy that one over as is in order to restore all viewer settings -- again, back up the one that you are replacing in case of problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiramanell Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Hmmm, I wonder what this will do for access lists. Could get messy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 25 minutes ago, kiramanell said: Hmmm, I wonder what this will do for access lists. Could get messy. Supposedly, the name changes will properly update in access lists - at least the LL ones associated with land. Anything from a scripted object would depend on whether the scripts are using the UUID or the Username. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiramanell Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 16 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: Supposedly, the name changes will properly update in access lists - at least the LL ones associated with land. Anything from a scripted object would depend on whether the scripts are using the UUID or the Username. I was thinking about script notecards and such (for access list for security bots and such). UUID based ones should, indeed, be fine, but I know at least several bots that use name-based access lists). So, ppl. make sure your security bots are name-change proof for when the change occurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belindacarson Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 19 hours ago, Annie Nova said: Also deletes chat history when you open an IM. I see that my name change has not happened here on the forums yet. What I mean is, when I block someone in world I would always stick a note in the "my notes" section as to why I'd blocked. If those notes are deleted on name change it'll make it difficult to remember why someone was blocked etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitimo Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, belindacarson said: What I mean is, when I block someone in world I would always stick a note in the "my notes" section as to why I'd blocked. If those notes are deleted on name change it'll make it difficult to remember why someone was blocked etc. I just checked the profiles of some people I previously had notes on, and the notes are still there after my name change. So no, changing your name does not remove the notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindal Kidd Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I generally figure there's a statute of limitation on bans. Every couple of years or so, I'll go into my land's ban list and clean it out. I just can't hold a grudge longer than that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiramanell Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Lindal Kidd said: I generally figure there's a statute of limitation on bans. Every couple of years or so, I'll go into my land's ban list and clean it out. I just can't hold a grudge longer than that. For me, it's kinda the other way: I rarely ever ban, but if you make it on my list, you're there to stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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