Technical Help?

[Halo Fatale]

I'm having an issue with my neighbor. He puts weather emitters on the border between our parcels to be hilarious (I guess for his own entertainment). I can usually do an area search for weather emitters and de-render them. But, he's changed the name to "iiiiii" or something similar so that I can't. I have lightning bolts all over my parcel, and even if I view my screen in "CTRL+ALT+t" to display all the invisible objects, they don't flash long enough for me to de-render them or report them. I submitted a grief report, but as per my usual experience, nothing's been done. Any of you Firestorm magicians have any tips?

 

 

 

 

Edited September 16, 2022 by Halo Fatale
because i edited it

[Wulfie Reanimator]

30 minutes ago, Halo Fatale said:

even if I view my screen in "CTRL+ALT+t" to display all the invisible objects, they don't flash long enough for me to de-render them or report them.

If the objects only exist temporarily, derendering them won't do much.

You don't have to report the objects themselves though, you can report the person directly and explain the situation while possibly standing near the location it happens.

Edited September 16, 2022 by Wulfie Reanimator

[Halo Fatale]

Yeah, I tried that. I think my reports go into a Bermuda Triangle circular file lol

[Tamara Adored]

In Ctrl+alt+t find the emitter boxes then derender them, not the actual lightning bolts. If he’s changing the names & you aren’t certain they are emitters, temporarily derender them first. If the weather stops you know you’ve found the right box & make it permanent.

[Lewis Luminos]

If you can't find the emitters, you can do an Area Search using his name as owner.

Or, you can de-render literally everything at once like this:

• In the Build menu, untick "Select only my objects"
• Cam down on his parcel from above. Select any object on the parcel.
• Now, holding down the Shift button, click and drag the mouse to surround his whole parcel and select it all.
• Right-click the selected mass of objects and derender/blacklist them.

Make sure you haven't extended the box into your parcel or you may derender some of your own stuff too. If you do, you can revert it by finding it on the asset blacklist and removing it.

If the emitters are temp-rez, then they will soon un-derender but you'll then be able to see them clearly as they will be the only objects still visible. (he may have buried them underground).

As a temporary workaround to preserve your sanity, you can turn your particles count down to 0 in graphics preferences, at least while you're on your home parcel. The weather emitters will continue on ther merry way but you won't see it.

 

[Rowan Amore]

You could also do an area search by OWNER and derender everything on his parcel.  I've done this to a neighbor on mainland.  There's a nice 'empty' parcel next door.

[Sylvia Tamalyn]

27 minutes ago, Rowan Amore said:

You could also do an area search by OWNER and derender everything on his parcel.  I've done this to a neighbor on mainland.  There's a nice 'empty' parcel next door.

This is the method I use. Very easy to do using FS's area search, and very thorough. 

[xDancingStarx]

9 hours ago, Halo Fatale said:

I'm having an issue with my neighbor

Have you tried talking to them? They may not be even be aware of it being an issue for you.

[Alwin Alcott]

9 hours ago, Halo Fatale said:

I'm having an issue with my neighbor. He puts weather emitters on the border between our parcels to be hilarious (I guess for his own entertainment). I can usually do an area search for weather emitters and de-render them. But, he's changed the name to "iiiiii" or something similar so that I can't. I have lightning bolts all over my parcel, and even if I view my screen in "CTRL+ALT+t" to display all the invisible objects, they don't flash long enough for me to de-render them or report them. I submitted a grief report, but as per my usual experience, nothing's been done. Any of you Firestorm magicians have any tips?

 

 

 

 

i really can't see where your land starts and ends, and your neighbours.. so it's difficult to see if it's encroaching.

[Wulfie Reanimator]

25 minutes ago, Alwin Alcott said:

i really can't see where your land starts and ends, and your neighbours.. so it's difficult to see if it's encroaching.

There are parcel boundaries highlighted on the ground in most of the screenshots.

[Alwin Alcott]

49 minutes ago, Wulfie Reanimator said:

There are parcel boundaries highlighted on the ground in most of the screenshots.

yes but without reference and only a sideview you can't see enough

Edited September 16, 2022 by Alwin Alcott

[Rowan Amore]

1 hour ago, Wulfie Reanimator said:

There are parcel boundaries highlighted on the ground in most of the screenshots.

From the pictures, it almost looks as if the neighbor's rock platform is encroaching on the OP's parcel.  ☹️

[LittleMe Jewell]

3 hours ago, xDancingStarx said:

Have you tried talking to them? They may not be even be aware of it being an issue for you.

If he changed the name of the objects from 'weather emitter' to 'iiii', as noted by the OP, then he is definitely aware of the issue

[xDancingStarx]

22 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

If he changed the name of the objects from 'weather emitter' to 'iiii', as noted by the OP, then he is definitely aware of the issue

Sorry I'm not getting it. How does renaming the emitters to "iiii" prevent them from being blacklisted? (not saying that blacklisting is a solution in the first place)

[LittleMe Jewell]

5 minutes ago, xDancingStarx said:

Sorry I'm not getting it. How does renaming the emitters to "iiii" prevent them from being blacklisted? (not saying that blacklisting is a solution in the first place)

It doesn't.  But if the owner respawns the objects, the objects have to be blocked again.  If they are renamed when they are respawned and someone is currently searching for objects with a specific name, the renamed objects won't be found.  One then has to change the search criteria to find the newly spawned objects.  

 

All of that aside, my comment was just in reply to your statement that "they may not be aware of it being an issue".  IMO, if someone is respawning and renaming items, then they know they are being a jerk,

[Polenth Yue]

I responded in the other thread where you posted it and deleted it, so here you go.

 

[Theresa Tennyson]

On 9/16/2022 at 8:55 AM, Lewis Luminos said:

 

 

 

As a temporary workaround to preserve your sanity, you can turn your particles count down to 0 in graphics preferences, at least while you're on your home parcel. The weather emitters will continue on ther merry way but you won't see it.

 

Even easier solution for particles and sounds - blocking the owner of the object producing the particles and sounds will make them disappear/be silent.

[belindacarson]

I'll guess you've sent abuse reports, but have you reached out to SuperTom directly?  Tommy Linden is the Governance Supervisor and has stated publically, that people can reach out to him directly via IM inworld for help in reporting stuff.  Might be worth a try maybe?

 

@Tommy Linden

[rasterscan]

Try living next to a pizza fan when you wanna sunbathe