Vortech Handles Cyber Head V1.0

Quick Start

1. Unbox Handles in a place where you are allowed to rez objects.
2. Rez the linked object and position its mounting arm on your ship, console, or wall.
3. Make a backup copy before changing its position, size, linked parts, or inventory.
4. Touch Handles to open the available controls.
5. If you want security, prepare the Security Allow notecard before switching security on.
6. Use the carry option when you want to pick Handles up.
7. Accept the attachment and animation requests from Second Life.
8. Use Mount Handles from the carried menu when you want to return it to the arm.

Placing Handles

Handles is designed to sit on its mounting arm in a ship, console room, laboratory, or other sci-fi setting.

• Rez the complete linked object rather than individual linked parts.
• Position and rotate it with the Second Life Edit tools.
• Keep enough clear space around the head for touch access.
• Make a backup copy before editing the build.

Talking and Random Speech

Handles uses short speech sounds with synchronized flashing mouth effects.

When Handles is in your hand, touch it to open the local menu. Use Random On or Random Off to control occasional ambient speech. Use Status to hear the information sound and receive an owner-only status report.

Carrying Handles

Choose the carry option from the mounted controls when you want to take Handles with you.

1. Handles rezzes a temporary standalone head near the mounting arm.
2. Touch the standalone head when it tells you it is ready to be picked up.
3. Accept the requests to attach and animate your avatar.
4. Handles attaches temporarily to your right hand and starts its hold animation.
5. Touch the attached head for Random, Status, and Mount Handles controls.

Choose Mount Handles to detach the temporary copy and return control to the mounting arm.

Proximity and Guest Greetings

The proximity system can watch for nearby residents and provide arrival-style responses. The owner can select a shorter range or use full-region scanning where the installed controls allow it.

If greetings seem too frequent, reduce the scan range or disable the proximity feature from the owner controls.

Security Allow Notecard

The notecard must remain named exactly Security Allow in the same object contents as the security scanner.

Add one allowed resident per line using the resident's Second Life legacy name. Display names may not resolve correctly. Keep the comment and formatting examples supplied with the product.

After editing the notecard, save it and reset or re-rez Handles so the security scanner reloads the list. Watch owner chat for missing-name or lookup messages before enabling security.

Private and Group Security

Security can be restricted to the owner or extended to the object's active group, depending on the selected controls.

• Set the object to the intended land or roleplay group before using group access.
• Confirm the parcel allows the object owner or group to eject residents before relying on security.
• Test with a willing avatar before leaving security unattended.
• Keep an allowed resident in the Security Allow notecard when they should never be removed.

Troubleshooting

Handles will not attach to my hand

Make sure you own the object, touch the temporary standalone head, and accept both attachment and animation permissions. If no request appears, delete the temporary copy and try the carry option again.

The hold animation does not play

Detach the temporary head and try again, accepting the animation request. Check whether another attachment or animation overrider is replacing the pose.

Mount Handles does not return it

Stay in the same region as the mounting arm, touch the attached head, and choose Mount Handles again. If the arm was deleted or taken into inventory, detach the temporary head manually and rez the original product again.

Handles does not speak or flash

Check that sounds are enabled in your viewer and that object sounds are not muted. Allow the linked object time to load its sounds, then use Status or enable random speech again.

Security ignores an allowed resident

Confirm the notecard is named exactly Security Allow and uses the resident's legacy name. Save the card, reset or re-rez the product, and watch owner chat for name-resolution errors.

Security cannot send someone home

Parcel ownership, group powers, region settings, and land permissions can prevent ejection or teleport-home actions. Confirm the object is owned or deeded correctly and test the parcel's eject permissions.

Region scanning misses someone

Confirm the scanner is enabled and the selected range covers the resident. For full-region behavior, use the full-region option in the owner controls.

Support Information to Send

If you need help, include:

• Whether Handles is mounted or carried
• The menu option you selected
• Whether attachment and animation permissions appeared
• Whether sounds played and the mouth flashed
• Whether proximity or security was enabled
• Any owner-chat error message
• Your viewer name and version
• A screenshot of the problem, if possible

Credits

• Product Design and 3D Modeling: Vortech.
• Feature and Interaction Design: Vortech.
• Visual Artwork: Vortech.
• Sound Design: Vortech.
• LSL Engineering and Script Development: Mishelle Rayna.
• Animation Assets: licensed third-party animation assets.