Mesmerizer 1.1 released

The V1.1 Mesmerizer is in the vendors now;  I'll be updating the version on MP soon.  If you already own a Mesmerizer, this update is free.  To get your copy, just visit one of my vendors in Pak, Sleepy Hill or Coghaven and request a re-delivery.  You can actually ask for a re-delivery from any CasperVend vendor, but if you use one of my vendors, purchases from my store will be shown at the top, which will save you having to search.

Included in the V1.1 version is the CHAOS Installer, which greatly simplifies the installation of custom content (e.g. trance scripts, subliminals, animations, sounds, images, environments, etc).  You just place the content inside the installer (with notecards named according to the convention discussed in the previous post), and touch the installer to have the content automatically uploaded into your Mesmerizer (V1.1 or higher).  The installer is transferable, so your Dom(me)/hypnotist can fill it up with content and then transfer it to you for easy installation. 

Another use for the CHAOS Installer is to use it as a backup of any custom content you wish to load into your Mesmerizer.  If you load all your custom content into a "backup" Installer, then updating to a new Mesmerizer release is much easier:

1. while wearing your old Mesmerizer, issue a /99 backup command (or have your owner do that if you don't have command access) to save your triggers and settings to local as one or more /99 messages.
2. Take a copy of the Access notecard from your old Mesmerizer's contents by dragging it into your inventory.
3. Switch to the new Mesmerizer and let it initialize, then drag the Access notecard you saved in step 2 into the new Mesmerizer's contents.
4. Touch the "backup" installer to upload your custom content into the new Mesmerizer.
5. Replay the /99 messages that were emitted in step 1 (or have your owner do that if you don't have command access) to restore all your triggers and settings.

Without a "backup" installer, step 4 above would involved dragging lots of notecards and other assets into various prims within your Mesmerizer.  Having all your content sitting in an Installer makes this step trivial.

I may enhance the Installer in a future release to be able to "snapshot" a Mesmerizer, thereby automatically creating a backup.

As mentioned in the previous post, I'm also working on a new AutoInstaller product, which you can set up to act as a channel from your Dom(me)/Hypnotist to your Mesmerizer, so that they can add and delete custom content without requiring you to be actively involved (once you've given them permission to use the AutoInstaller).  The CHAOS AutoInstaller should be released within a couple of weeks.