First post for 2010 (and new version, 2.16)

Hey Folks,

I missed you people.
First of all, thanks for all the good wishes and happy new year for all of you.
Baby Borg is getting bigger (and heavier). He and mama Borg are 100% healthy, and we're having so much fun.

Let's start this year with a new release, which you can get here, and some information about MyNewProxy:

. I would like to thank K-Werk for the great explanation on the last post about how some things work on the protocol level. Thanks dude.

. Hey April, about the commands not working: I may have screwd up when compiling 2.14 and 2.15, so I compiled 2.16 and this time I've tested each one of the commands.
No changes between 2.15 and 2.16 other than compiling it against the latest LibOpenMV code (as of January/5/2010).

. Things that will never work on MyNewProxy (and why):
1 - Re-importing of animations, sounds and textures into SL. Why? Because anything that is requested to be paid for to upload won't work with MyNewProxy. The commands are there though, so they can be used on free grids, like (shameless advertising) OsGrid.
2 - Cache hacking. Why? Because there's no cache on MyNewProxy, it is just a "man in the middle" approach between the server and the viewer. If you want to get things out of your cache, you must go after you viewer's.
3 - Saving things from viewer which have "clothing protection" on. Why? Because cloting protection will not allow the assets to come to your viewer, and I can only save what I can "see".
4 - Avatar tracking on other sims. Why? Because MyNewProxy only "sees" what your viewer "sees". If it's not on the same SIM, I can't track it. (Someone asked me something about tracking people when you IM them, but I am not really caring about coding that, if even possible).
5 - Grief protection, etc. Why? Because we already have Neil doing that on his viewer, which most of us use, so no need to reinvent the wheel.
6 - Fancy stuff. Why? Because MyNewProxy was written to, and its sole purpose was, backup assets (ok, copy and steal stuff). I do not plan to code anything other than that. I coded the AO system just because I know animations are impossible to load back, so you can still have a working AO.

. Things that may be added to MyNewProxy someday (depending on my free time):
1 - Command to take a full snapshot of an avatar (saves typing).
2 - Menu based interface.
[you must have already noticed that I don't promise new features. I only talk about them when they're available ... ;-) ]

. Tips for a better MyNewProxy experience.
1 - Use a regular viewer, like the LL one, when saving stuff from yourself. Emerald based viewers may create problems, as they have some protections in place.
2 - Use an Emerald based viewer when saving stuff from other people, so you can see who is using Emerald and who's not (Emerald people will more than likely have cloth protection in place).
3 - All name based commands on MyNewProxy are (unfortunately) case sensitive, so make sure you issue "/who" first and copy the name of the person you want to work on, so you can avoid typos.
4 - Keep track of the folder you are running MyNewProxy from. All assets and xml files will end up there.
5 - Make sure you have a healthy (and fast) internet connection, as I have no means to re-send packets. If something fails to work on testclient (from LibOpenMV) with your internet connection, then it will for sure fail also on MyNewProxy.
6 - The /save and /export commands will only work while the asset or avatar are visible. So be quick before they move away.
7 - When re-importing .XML (linkset) files, make sure you're on a parcel with enough free prims to allow the rezzing of the entire object. Otherwise you will end up with a partially loaded thing floating in the air.

Well ... this is everything I can think of so far ... but feel free as always to ask questions. I will try to answer all of them asap.

I hope everyone can enjoy it on 2010 as we did in 2009.

Cheers,
The Borg.