The Not-So-Restrained Life

     Now onto one of my favorite topics, the Restrained Life Viewer (now known as Restrained Love, created by the fabulous Marine Kelley) and its implementation in many other third-party viewers. A lot of people don't know much about this lovely set of controls and functions, and I've been doing my best for some time now to change that. When they hear the word 'RLV', most people think of bondage, slavery, and sex toys. And you can't blame them, really...that's basically what it was created for. However, the possibilities available go much further than domination and other naughty things; in fact RLV provides an avatar with abilities and powers that transcend many limitations suppressing people everywhere. Basically, RLV uses llOwnerSay() messages to trigger many different functions that typically could only be done manually before. Among these functions are the ability to point-to-point teleport, sit on designated objects, and attach (and unattach) items directly from your inventory...all automatically. Any scripter reading this who is not yet familiar with RLV is probably drooling by now...I know I certainly did. This shit is GREAT. The only reason it isn't widely utilized in products is because viewers that support it are somewhat in the minority. Don't get me wrong, plenty of good viewers implement RLV controls, but not enough for the mass consumption of RLV-based products. Anyways, the most common usage of RLV is of course the slave collar. This allows another avatar to control your own in ways very conducive to your nasty little games, but say you made a 'collar' that only YOU could control? You would then be able to harness your avatar in ways unimaginable...but let's imagine some anyways:

~Your items can instantly teleport you to them (or anywhere else)
~You can make vehicles that automatically seat you on them (pose stands too)
~You can make RP chatters that automatically redirect your public chat to another channel, to be processed by script
~You can handle your Windlight settings (your perceived 'sky') by HUD or other device
~You can make outfits or 'transforms' that equip automatically (or instant nekkidness!)
~And more!

     As I said before, RLV doesn't reach most of consumers (especially with the unfortunate business with Emerald shunting loads of people back to Viewer 2). However, it makes a great supplement to your personal repertoire of items and effects. Did I mention it's great for bots? It's great for bots! If I've caught your interest in this amazing piece of technology, you can learn more about it here. And while Restrained Love Viewer might not be the greatest viewer around, as I mentioned before plenty of other third-party viewers use the coding in their own setups (coughcoughPhoenixcoughcough), and they aren't difficult to locate. Try it today!

~Arkane