Questions and comments on Auto Return on Rentals

[Valerie Atheria]

I have this dilemma, so I rent properties out, and I have been trying to figure out a way to make it as automated as possible, for the basics, ie....when someone pays the Rental, I have a bot that will invite them to the group, they can start rezzing to their heart's content, but, my signs may still be there on the property and they may not know how to return to me, I do make myself available all day in and out just in case but there have been times someone will rent in my time zone, SLT at 3 am, Im asleep...I wanted the rental experience to be very smooth, and I do make myself available for any questions, comments, or concerns, all day.

I am a creator in SL and also I do things in RL as well, so I did see a realtor who somehow figured out how to auto return their objects as soon as there is a renter, I did try to ask but was met with abrasive, behavior....so I am asking in here if anyone has dealt with this or has any ideas for me to make the renting experience for tenants run smooth with the auto return of objects so they will not be burdened with that task.

 

I thank you so much in advance for the consideration and hope everyone is doing well

 

Valerie

[Qie Niangao]

Do you have modification permission on the signs you want to disappear, and on the object that accepts the initial rental payment (and triggers the bot to do the group invitation)? Are those separate objects? If so, are they always in the same region?

The most basic approach is for the initial payment-accepting script to inform the appropriate sign to delete itself, and for the sign to be scripted to receive that message and llDie() when they get that message.

If you control the source code for the payment script, this is trivial, otherwise that script may have some programmatic interface to make it possible. I think some scripting is going to be needed, but it could be quite simple or not so simple, depending on the specific system already being used.

[Valerie Atheria]

Hi oh maybe that is how they do it, yes its my sign on the property and when the Renter pays the box I wanted my items to come back to me automatically, I do not believe I have Mod permissions on the rent box and I haven't seen anything in their system which returns owners objects that is why I was thinking it might be a separate bot or script on the property.

 

I could try to find a scripter and see if maybe I have to have something else on the property to prompt those items to vanish.....thank you

[Qie Niangao]

2 hours ago, Valerie Atheria said:

I do not believe I have Mod permissions on the rent box and I haven't seen anything in their system which returns owners objects

They do have some way of telling the inviter bot to do its thing at the right time, so I'm thinking this may not be prohibitively complicated, it all depends on that rental box system.

[Valerie Atheria]

Hi, It's Casper system...I have not seen anything in the settings regarding this, and the Gentleman I tried to reach out to with a rental was using the same system but as you said earlier, he may have another script or something on the property that is scripted to return objects, other than that, the system is great works very well

[Qie Niangao]

Ah, many landlords use CasperLet and that system does have an API at the individual rental box, so there must be folks who have the script you need or can very easily create one for you.

I took a quick look at their Demo package and it comes with an "EXAMPLE - CasperLet Sign v1.14" that uses that API, but the sample script in the sign doesn't delete itself or anything. It does show one way to establish communications with the specific rental box to which it should be associated (which a script in your sign would need to do), and for some reason provides a tenant with a way of changing the texture of the sign itself.

I think the script you want would be even simpler than the sample. After associating with its specific rental box, it seems that it would listen for a "REXTR" message with a "time left" value greater than zero, indicating the box has been paid and a rental has started so the sign could delete itself with llDie().

This, however, is just seat of the pants, playing with a demo unit. Somebody who's worked with this system before would know better!

(Also, just in passing, this demo unit API is weirdly chatty when nothing is going on. No idea why.)

[Valerie Atheria]

Hi hehe yes very technical....I only worked with HTML years ago this my be way out of my league...I do appreciate your help, it is a fantastic system it runs itself its just this one little thing lol...I will consider these ideas and thank you again

[Valerie Atheria]

Its funny I just don't now scripting, but I am going to try to look into it..thank you

[Maycon Bekkers]

I can make this script for you. just contact me in the world Maycon Bekkers

[Valerie Atheria]

Hi thank you