Info Panels - Overview

This product can be used as a HUD to be handed out, or resized to become an in-world display.

There are three panels. The left and right panels each have a static texture with information. They can also be configured with touch areas to reference a webpage, a SLurl, give a notecard, or play an sound file.

The center panel provides a slide show with as many images as you want to add to the object's contents

The Product Key Box

Before you can work on this product and customize it, you must rezz the Product Key box nearby.

This product is designed for purchasers to modify and then transfer to a new owner as a HUD. But before the Info Panels object is transferred to another owner the Next Owner permissions must be set to No Modify on both the object AND the configuration notecard.

If these permissions are not changed, the next owner will just get 3 pretty black blocks to look at and some annoying messages about the product not being correctly configured.

The Product Key must also be nearby if you want to rezz the panels on your land for visitors to see

Sharing with others

While you can rez the panels on your land (with the Product Key also rezzed). This is intended to be given away to visitors or customers as a HUD.

In order to do this, you must change the permissions on the Info Panels object and the configuration notecard. Until you do, you will see messages each time the panels reset. Here's how to do this: (Click images to expand)

  1. Rez the panels on the ground with the product key nearby.
  2. Edit the object
  3. At the bottom of the General tab, under "Next owner:" uncheck Modify. If you want to people to give this to others, you can leave Copy and Transfer checked.
  4. Now on the Content tab, right click on the config notecard and select Properties
  5. Again uncheck Modify.
  6. The scripts will automatically re-check permissions and the panels will then initialize for you to work on them.
Once permissions are correct for sharing with others, "Share" will be added to the object name. This lets you know when you take in back into your inventory that this is your shareable copy.

You will also want to specify the name of the version you want to share as a HUD with the OBJECT_NAME config keyword.

Also, check that all included textures, notecards and sound files are copy/transfer as well.

Tip: If you find that you can share it with someone, but then they can not re-share it, it is probably because you have included items in your contents that are either "No Copy" or "No Transfer".

Configuration

The configuration notecard is named CONFIG (followed by whatever you want). Each time you modify this notecard the product will automatically reset. Here are the Keyword and parameters. The supplied notecard has example of each of these at the bottom.

Keywords and Parameters

Touch Area Assistant

The Info Panels have a built in tool to aid in constructing the TOUCH configuration lines.

Touch areas are defined by their lower left and upper right corners.

  1. Touch and Hold for 3 seconds at the location of the lower left corner where you want to define a touch area
  2. If you have sound enabled, you will hear a beep when the long touch has been recognized.
  3. Now touch the upper right corner of the touch area.
  4. Three lines will be printed in local chat with a template for the touch area configuration.
  5. Just copy and paste into the configuration notecard and then add the URL, notecard name, or sound file name(s)

Permissions: Copy, Modify, Transfer, but the Next Owner permissions must be changed to No Modify before distributing.