💡 Positive News Regarding Scripted Agents Function 💡

[Count Burks]

After the server update yesterday I was curious to see if any progress was made regarding the testing of the scripted agents restriction. I just tested this new function now and it appears to have been implemented on the standard Second Life server code. I even made a pretty picture of it.

Here you have the full tutorial Scripted Agent Estate Access FAQ - deny_bots setting : Linden Lab (freshdesk.com)

For those who want to block scripted agents aka bots entering their region or sim or Homestead here is the easy to follow version.

1. In the Second Life viewer you need to select the Developer Menu. 

2. You select the consoles option in the Developer Menu

3. You select Region Debug Console (not the Debug Console but the REGION DEBUG CONSOLE)

4. In the new window which you see above you type this:      Set deny_bots TRUE

5. To verify you did it correct you type this:  Get Deny_bots this will give you a confirmation that you activated the setting. I do not think a sim restart is needed after activation.

 

*If you do not see the Developer menu in your viewer you press CTRL + ALT + Q

 

This is an informational post to make people aware of this new feature, please don't post meaningless replies of anything off topic. Thanks to @Linden Lab to implement this in a timely manner.

 

[belindacarson]

it's old news.

 

LL blogged about it last week.

[Count Burks]

1 minute ago, belindacarson said:

it's old news.

 

LL blogged about it last week.

It was not active yet except on RC regions.

[belindacarson]

1 minute ago, Count Burks said:

It was not active yet except on RC regions.

Still old news.

[Lyric Demina]

18 minutes ago, Count Burks said:

After the server update yesterday I was curious to see if any progress was made regarding the testing of the scripted agents restriction. I just tested this new function now and it appears to have been implemented on the standard Second Life server code. I even made a pretty picture of it.

Here you have the full tutorial Scripted Agent Estate Access FAQ - deny_bots setting : Linden Lab (freshdesk.com)

For those who want to block scripted agents aka bots entering their region or sim or Homestead here is the easy to follow version.

1. In the Second Life viewer you need to select the Developer Menu. 

2. You select the consoles option in the Developer Menu

3. You select Region Debug Console (not the Debug Console but the REGION DEBUG CONSOLE)

4. In the new window which you see above you type this:      Set deny_bots TRUE

5. To verify you did it correct you type this:  Get Deny_bots this will give you a confirmation that you activated the setting. I do not think a sim restart is needed after activation.

 

*If you do not see the Developer menu in your viewer you press CTRL + ALT + Q

 

This is an informational post to make people aware of this new feature, please don't post meaningless replies of anything off topic. Thanks to @Linden Lab to implement this in a timely manner.

 

Thank you for this

[Ceka Cianci]

I take it this will only work on the ones that have been registered and not work on the ones that have not been registered?

I hope it does help those that they are bothering in private homes and places they want to be rid of them..But at the same time, if it is the case of only working on registered scripted agents, Some may just go under ground to bypass it.. Some may just exchange the registered for unregistered and continue with what they were doing..

Hopefully for those that want or need this it works out, my fingers are crossed for them.. May the odds be in their favor..

[Arielle Popstar]

9 minutes ago, belindacarson said:

Still old news.

It's news to me so I am happy he mentioned it. 

[Love Zhaoying]

Thank you for sharing your detailed information, @Count Burks!

[Rowan Amore]

Yes, the FAQ link posted was only posted Monday...2 days ago not last week.

[Anna Salyx]

1 hour ago, belindacarson said:

Still old news.

you must be fun at parties.  🙄

But to the OP.  For reasons, I wasn't expecting it this week and so I'm glad to see it rolling on out and getting some notice/attention here in this space.  Thanks. 

[Prokofy Neva]

1 hour ago, Count Burks said:

After the server update yesterday I was curious to see if any progress was made regarding the testing of the scripted agents restriction. I just tested this new function now and it appears to have been implemented on the standard Second Life server code. I even made a pretty picture of it.

Here you have the full tutorial Scripted Agent Estate Access FAQ - deny_bots setting : Linden Lab (freshdesk.com)

For those who want to block scripted agents aka bots entering their region or sim or Homestead here is the easy to follow version.

1. In the Second Life viewer you need to select the Developer Menu. 

2. You select the consoles option in the Developer Menu

3. You select Region Debug Console (not the Debug Console but the REGION DEBUG CONSOLE)

4. In the new window which you see above you type this:      Set deny_bots TRUE

5. To verify you did it correct you type this:  Get Deny_bots this will give you a confirmation that you activated the setting. I do not think a sim restart is needed after activation.

 

*If you do not see the Developer menu in your viewer you press CTRL + ALT + Q

 

This is an informational post to make people aware of this new feature, please don't post meaningless replies of anything off topic. Thanks to @Linden Lab to implement this in a timely manner.

 

Now, put it on the Mainland, please. Oh, and Bellisseria. 

[Rowan Amore]

7 minutes ago, Anna Salyx said:

you must be fun at parties.  🙄

 

I think some people spam stuff just to get their post count up.  😁

[Love Zhaoying]

2 minutes ago, Rowan Amore said:

I think some people spam stuff just to get their post count up.  😁

After awhile, other motivations take over! 
"Believe it!" - Naruto

[Love Zhaoying]

2 hours ago, Count Burks said:

After the server update yesterday I was curious to see if any progress was made regarding the testing of the scripted agents restriction. I just tested this new function now and it appears to have been implemented on the standard Second Life server code. I even made a pretty picture of it.

Should have posted this earlier:

Today I learned about the "Region Debug" concept! I wonder if that existed back when I owned a region?

Thanks again for the technical information!

 

[Count Burks]

34 minutes ago, Prokofy Neva said:

Now, put it on the Mainland, please. Oh, and Bellisseria. 

Well if enough people ask Linden Lab might do it. Also people who are renting land on a private Estate can simply ask their Estate company or Landlord to switch on this function, it is not even needed to Restart the region.

[CarlaWetter]

1 hour ago, Prokofy Neva said:

Now, put it on the Mainland, please. Oh, and Bellisseria. 

Problem is that technically it's right there on Mainland and Belli too now. But same as on estates it's only accessible to estate manager. Which we mainlander aren't. We would need something like the scripted agent flag made visible to lsl scripting if we want to have an equivalent.

[Silent Mistwalker]

If LL wanted to, they could take it down to the parcel level, code wise. However, I can see where it might not be such a good idea from a technical/support POV.

May that be the next step. 🙏

[Love Zhaoying]

3 hours ago, belindacarson said:

it's old news.

 

LL blogged about it last week.

Old news is the best, you can wrap fish and chips in it. 

[Love Zhaoying]

2 hours ago, Rowan Amore said:

Yes, the FAQ link posted was only posted Monday...2 days ago not last week.

They are a time traveler. 

[bigmoe Whitfield]

well since I did not see the news on the blog, this is new news to me!  I shall go slam my bots into a region for a bit.

[Zalificent Corvinus]

4 hours ago, Prokofy Neva said:

Now, put it on the Mainland, please. Oh, and Bellisseria. 

It's already on Mainland and Belli, but...

 

Estate Manager Level ONLY. 

So on Mainland and Belli, only the Linden's and Moles can use it.

[WereBeast Alpha]

is this on firestorm? this function its the only one I use for SL. 

[Rolig Loon]

 

17 minutes ago, WereBeast Alpha said:

is this on firestorm?

Yup.  It's in the Developer menu, same as in the standard LL viewer.

[Phil Deakins]

11 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said:

Old news is the best, you can wrap fish and chips in it. 

I think that's illegal now

 

[M Peccable]

So this is the end of roaming bots? My bot, which has a profile that states exactly what it is doing, and has had zero complaints in the last 12 years, can no longer teleport into some Linden-owned, completely open, and completely public regions (No access teleport is the message). So products like my Ban Line HUD that depends on a benign bot are just going to have to die? A large number of people are using it. Are they just to be left out in the cold? We need a way for "approved" bots to roam, or a lot of products are going to suffer.