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What am I looking for? Information about how friending works in Open Sim, and what techniques some of you use.
I am new to OS, but not to virtual life. I have noticed that if I friend someone who is a member of the same grid as me, they will remain in my friends list. If I friend someone who is a member of a different grid, it is likely they do not appear in my friends list.
So how do you get around this?
Do you have a workaround? I am assuming they must have evolved over time.
Or am I missing something simple?
Maybe people just friend those from their own grid? lol
Anyhow... all information, advice and thoughts on this subject most welcome.
And for the record... I do consult with my favourite Chatbots before asking questions in here, but whilst they were aware of the difficulties, they could not find satisfactory resolutions in the various forums etc that they searched.
Have a great day/ night.
Space Z xx
I am new to OS, but not to virtual life. I have noticed that if I friend someone who is a member of the same grid as me, they will remain in my friends list. If I friend someone who is a member of a different grid, it is likely they do not appear in my friends list.
So how do you get around this?
Do you have a workaround? I am assuming they must have evolved over time.
Or am I missing something simple?
Maybe people just friend those from their own grid? lol
Anyhow... all information, advice and thoughts on this subject most welcome.
And for the record... I do consult with my favourite Chatbots before asking questions in here, but whilst they were aware of the difficulties, they could not find satisfactory resolutions in the various forums etc that they searched.
Have a great day/ night.
Space Z xx
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Sometimes it takes a couple of tries to get a friendship to stick. As others have said, you both have to accept the friendship again when returning home, unless one of you is on your home grid, then only the one returning home gets the pop-up.
I friended a bunch of people on HG Safari (a tour group that meets every Wednesday, in season, to visit other grids/regions led by Thirza Ember) one time, and I had to relog several times for the confirmation to pop up for everyone, as only two or three would pop-up at a time. There have been times when even accepting it again from home, it didn't stick, so we had to go through the process again. Be persistent, and eventually your friendships will stick.
Another thing I have noticed is that sometimes, even though someone is online, I can't see that they are online, and vice versa. I have an avatar on one grid that can't see my avatar online on my grid, and they can't see me either, but I can send a message between them, and it comes through. We can't teleport each other. So if I need them to be together, I have to use a workaround.
Sometimes people will show online, but they are not. I think this can happen if they log off from a grid other than where they have their account, like if they crash. But not always. I have one friend who looks like she is online all the time, and she isn't. The weird thing is, we both have our grids on the same server. Our communication is hit or miss on my part. She can see me online and doesn't get the same phenomenon of my ghost, so she usually is the one to message me.
Open Sim is fickle and finicky, so persistence is key. I have friends from many different grids, but communication can still be a challenge with some of them. I hope this helps. Good luck!
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I friended a bunch of people on HG Safari (a tour group that meets every Wednesday, in season, to visit other grids/regions led by Thirza Ember) one time, and I had to relog several times for the confirmation to pop up for everyone, as only two or three would pop-up at a time. There have been times when even accepting it again from home, it didn't stick, so we had to go through the process again. Be persistent, and eventually your friendships will stick.
Another thing I have noticed is that sometimes, even though someone is online, I can't see that they are online, and vice versa. I have an avatar on one grid that can't see my avatar online on my grid, and they can't see me either, but I can send a message between them, and it comes through. We can't teleport each other. So if I need them to be together, I have to use a workaround.
Sometimes people will show online, but they are not. I think this can happen if they log off from a grid other than where they have their account, like if they crash. But not always. I have one friend who looks like she is online all the time, and she isn't. The weird thing is, we both have our grids on the same server. Our communication is hit or miss on my part. She can see me online and doesn't get the same phenomenon of my ghost, so she usually is the one to message me.
Open Sim is fickle and finicky, so persistence is key. I have friends from many different grids, but communication can still be a challenge with some of them. I hope this helps. Good luck!
Some grids just don't work fine with friendlist, or groups also.
I have several accounts on different grids, all are friended, I just don't see some accounts online, some work, some not.
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I have several accounts on different grids, all are friended, I just don't see some accounts online, some work, some not.
As JamieWright said, when you meet somebody on your travels and add them, both you and them need to accept the friend request again when returning to your home grids. if the other person doesn't do it then it will likely fail and wont stick.
If you are on your home grid when adding someone then I don't think you have to accept it again, but they will need to when they return back to theirs.
I'm not sure if you will still have their calling card in your inventory if the request failed, but if you do then you should be able to work out what grid they are from and contact them.
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If you are on your home grid when adding someone then I don't think you have to accept it again, but they will need to when they return back to theirs.
I'm not sure if you will still have their calling card in your inventory if the request failed, but if you do then you should be able to work out what grid they are from and contact them.
Hmmm...I do have hypergrid friends on my friends list. Although you're OSGrid. I'm not sure I've friended anyone on my OSGrid self since the reset over there. Generally speaking friend requests and accept when you're beside the other person, not across the hypergrid. Often when you land back at your home grid it will ask you to confirm. and then they should be on there. You'll even see them pop online from afar after. In theory....it should work.
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Ah yes I see the logic of that. Friending them again, or confirming it again when back on your home grid puts that information into the servers on your home grid. (this may not be how it works from a tech point of view but in my mind I am happy with that lol) I can understand it that way. Thanks for the reply.
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