Bonus Area Update

I just spent the last hour in-world trying to reach everyone that has NOT put a gift out. We have some of them out, about half of those promised, and just need to get the rest out.

Once we get the rest out, I will open it up. I had hoped to have it open by Monday, but here it is already Wednesday and I haven't been able to reach everyone who promised a gift.

As promised, I WILL have the area open for a month, regardless of when. So, don't worry, there are some GREAT gifts for those that complete the hunt. ;)

Dog Sick - Update

I haven't been able to get on today, my dog is VERY VERY sick. But I wanted to give you an update.

Last time I was on, several of the helpers were contacting those that hadn't gotten their bonus gifts out.

I will be on by afternoon tomorrow. HOPEFULLY all the gifts will be out and I can then open up the Bonus Area.

I will let everyone know SOON. Thank you.

Happy Hunting!

NO 35. Magia ( Moving)

Just got note from Myspirits Indigo , that they are moving so please use the slurl below to get to their store


http://slurl.com/secondlife/GY%20Paraiso%20Mall/207/40/23


thank you :)

No. 42 is repaired

Just message from Embyr and no 42 has been repaired. Those that didn't get the gift from there can come back and get it now :)

I'm SO sorry but..... oh and a Side Note

No no no! I'm not about to say I'm sorry BUT the bonus area isn't going to be. NO! We already have 18 shops with another 32 promised.

THAT is what I am sorry about. I think that I got it out late, so those that aren't able to get on on the weekend, it was already too late. Those that can, they are the ones that got the gifts out.

Whatever the issue, I had HOPED that all of them would be out by Monday. But I looked at all the shops that said they'd have a bonus gift, and it was MORE then the 50% I thought. But almost ALL of them! ALMOST. 50 said yes, of the 73.

So, starting first thing tomorrow morning, some of the helpers will be messaging and IMing and texting and leaving note cards and running around trying to reach those shop owners. ;)

As SOON as it is ready, the bonus area will be opened. I could open it now, but then you'd have to come back. ;) So hold on, a few more days. And do NOT worry, like I promised, the bonus area will be put out for a MONTH from the time it is out so that those that had to go away for a trip or whatever, will get the chance to get the bonus gifts.

So just hold on... it's coming. And will be SO worth the wait!

Now... on the side note, Bizet, the scripter, has told me she may not ever come back to SL when I tried to get one of the working scripts so I could run the hunt again later. So that is one less bonus gift, but also it means that whatever is going on... we will just have to suck it in.

Yes, some of the scripts, NO IDEA WHY, are getting caught in busy mode or something. Just let someone know, a helper from this site, and we will get it re-set as quickly as possible.

Thanks for your continued support during all this...
and...
Happy Hunting!

Nothing New Yet.... But Checking In & Updating You

Just a quick update.... I had a doctor's appointment EARLY this morning, then had to run errands, get the new meds, shampoo my poor sick doggie with her new medicine shampoo, all those types of things that pretty much took the whole day.

I've only now, almost midnight, gotten a chance to look at the computer. And unfortunately I don't see any cards, or e-mails, or inventory offers from #42 or it's helper. So I can't update that one for you yet.

And I can't get in-world now. I have church in the morning. I will try to get on in the afternoon and see how we are coming with the bonus gifts. Hopefully they will be all out by Sunday, but that all depends on when the shop owners nice enough to give an extra gift, gets on. Otherwise, I will be on briefly Saturday night, or first thing Sunday morning.

I hope you all are having fun! See you all in-world! Until then... Happy Hunting!

EXTENDED!

Yes, we will be extending the hunt till the 14th. And the gift area (bonus gifts) will be out for at least a month from the time that it is finished set up. That way everyone gets a chance, those that have to go on trips for work and all that stuff, to get their bonus gifts.

Happy Hunting!

#42 is Broken

#42 is broken... Sorry, but we have to wait till the store owner gets on so she can re-set the script.

BONUS BOXES COMING SOON!

The boxes have been handed out. The script is working, thank you Cammi Hudson! And everything is working...

Vendors are getting the gifts out...

So, just a matter of waiting till all the boxes are out, then I'll set up the hud giver. ;)

Almost There!

Okay, not going to go into huge details, I'm sure you're getting bored of them, but will say that a friend helped with the scripts and got them fixed... well sort of. They worked when she was there, then I tested them when she left with an alt and it wasn't working. So I think I got the wrong script from her. Not sure, so waiting till morning to send out the boxes as I just got done finishing the list of shops that are giving bonus gifts.

You will ALL be happy to hear... out of the 73 shops, 55 have said YES and there are a few more that might too! We are waiting to hear. Only 5 have said "no" so far!

So though this bonus area is taking WAY longer to get together because Bizet didn't get the scripts done, it will be SO worth it in the end! Those that finish the hunt are going to get a HUGE amount of bonus gifts! It's super great! And all in one place! ;)

So... till then... Happy Hunting!

The Bonus Boxes Will Be Filled!

Well, I spent 10 hours today working on the scripts. I would have spent more but I had to take my dog to the vet. Of course by the time I spent that time and they STILL would not work... I have given up.

I have thrown in the towel.

The scripter can't get the hud to work and I can't get the second "hunt" site to work, she told me it should from what she saw, so we have NO idea why it isn't... and a friend who was trying to see why it wasn't working hasn't been able to get the scripts/boxes to stop talking to each other.

So... How am I going to deal with this?

There is ONE script that does work. It is the script for the final box. It would normally have looked to see if you completed the hunt, then given you the new hud and landmark to the special area. The new hud was then to open the special boxes. BUT since that isn't working....

ALL the gift boxes will use the final bonus gift script.

What does this mean? It means that it may take you twice as long as normal to get the gifts. But it won't take forever, just a little bit longer... Because what will happen, all people who complete the hunt will get the LM to the final location. They will go there, and touch the first box... It will ask the web site if you have completed the hunt...When the web site tells it you have, then it will give you the gift box.

Then you go to the next gift and it starts all over.

Yes, this is a bit of a pain, which is why I worked with the scripter for 2 weeks and worked on the scripts myself, and like I said, I'm pretty stupid when it comes to scripts, but I knew what things should look like when given the script to change for the new one, to an extent. But since my knowledge was no where near what was needed to find the problem, and two people who worked on it couldn't fix it or make it work... There isn't many options left for me.

Oh there are a few other options, all of which will take me HOURS and HOURS to impliment. Where as this will only take you an average of maybe an extra hour, probably a lot less, to do it this way.

And after all, they will all be in the same place so you can walk down the rows of tables and touch each gift and accept them as it comes to you. Not very hard, just a little more time consuming. ;)

So, as soon as all the shops giving bonus gifts have the boxes filled and put out at the new location, I will be letting everyone know. May take a few days, but I want to make sure each shop who was going to give them gets that chance, and the ones that decided to now, who weren't before, get the chance. So that when you get there, all of them are out and you don't have to come back and check later. ;)

Till then... Happy Hunting!

Got The Scripts but...

Got the scripts, but it's not working. I spent the last 6 hours trying to get them to work. Nope! 90% works, but I can only get one gift per bag, so gotta find out what is wrong... or quit on it.

I say quit cause we are in week two and I'm pulling my hair out. Haven't gotten things done around the house, haven't gotten new stuff for my place, have spent hours staring at these scripts that look like a foreign language to me.

So... I have one more mail out to the scripter... and I have a friend who is trying to fix something for me so that we can set these scripts out. She had to go to bed, early morning... but when she gets on tomorrow she will test it. She thinks she has it working. If she does, GREAT! I just wasted 6 hours. BUT if she can't... maybe I'll get an answer from the scripter as to why it's not working now when it did before.

Night...... Happy Hunting!

Can you hear me sighing...?

I'm sighing, groaning, pounding my head on the table. I stayed close to the computer all day today, VERY close so that I didn't even get my house work done for fear I'd miss her, just to be sure I was here when she got on. But... no scripter. Not even a small message. Nothing.

Here is when I sigh some more. I got everyone packing the bonus gifts up and I have the option of just putting the one script in, but then everyone would have to wait while the box looked at the web site to see if they completed the hunt, for ever single box. Would take about 3 times the time to get the same amount of gifts that way. Not what I want, or you I'm sure.

So, I am sending up even more prayers that she reads her mail in the morning and deals with this. The last I heard she would be on Friday night. Since she wasn't, I'd kept hoping she made it on one day this weekend, after all she knew I was waiting on her..... But nothing.

This leaves me with no other options. No more testing, no more nothing. If she doesn't get on Monday, I'll just have to do it the hard way. But everyone send up a prayer that she gets on at work at least and checks her e-mail. I just need that one script, and I can get this set up. Everything else is all ready.....

Also, I put a sign out... so that people check the blog that have finished the hunt.... and find out that I AM trying to get them up... but it's not set up yet.

Talk to you soon! Happy Hunting!

Nothing Yet....Again...

As you know, I always keep you up to date on everything, even the bad.... As also some of you know, I'm a Seventh-day Adventist, so I am not normally around from Friday night to Saturday night. But I kept around the computer all day today (Saturday), watching for an e-mail or an IM or something from the scripter.... Nothing.

Now, it is late enough that I know I won't see her tonight. So, since I haven't seen or heard from her... I have no idea when she will be on.

I have an idea... At first I hadn't suggested this idea because I thought that it would cause her more work. However, since knowing a lot of what she'd done, I was able to get on my domain and copy the files needed and make the folders and files and databases that would be needed.... I did that Friday night. However, if this idea works, I still need a certain script from her. But once I get that, it shouldn't take me but a few hours to test the theory and get things set up.

And if the next time I hear from her I find out this isn't going to work.... then I WILL go to plan B. What is it? Not telling! *giggles* Because I have 2 actually that will work, so will do the one that gets the bonus gift area set up as quickly as possible. With any luck it will be ready by Monday, well at least ready for the gift givers to load up with prezzies for all you great hunters! ;) Then the final gift box and LM will be set up for you hunters who have completed the hunt to grab!

I'm going to try to get to bed early tonight, knock on wood, because if I remember right, one Sunday the scripter got a chance to get on, it was like 8:30 am and I am NEVER on then unless I get to bed EARLY or not go to sleep! :D And I can't afford to stay up all night, got a new sleep study coming up, and I know it'll be hard to get up, but hope that I hear her BEEP when I get her IM... if I get it. ;)

So have a good night.... I will try to get a sign up because it seems some aren't reading the blog, so if you happen on someone that looks lost... please point them to the blog. Thanks!

Happy Hunting!

Nothing New.. yet...

Scripter didn't get on Friday night, so no news but that I will try one more thing, then giving up that that will get fixed.  If so, I'll put my plan B into motion... the final gifts WILL be out soon for everyone who completed hunt.

Going To Bed - Got ANOTHER Doctor's Appointment in the PM

Ok folks! I've got to get to bed. Though it IS 2 am. Hee hee. And my eyes are BURNING from staring at the screen for so many hours... but I have been doing things for the hunt.

First off... the scripts were tested, and don't work. I've got a message into Bizet about it and I'm looking at other ways to get this accomplished by the time Monday rolls around.  If her scripts do not work by then, then I have a few options that I worked on that will be VERY VERY time consuming for me, but will at least allow everyone to get up to the Bonus Gift House and grab a ton of great gifties! ;)  So send up a prayer that she gets it working.  For some reason when I saw her, it worked for me, but like last night, it only worked for me. A friend couldn't get it to work for her.  It's crazy!  But I haven't given up. ;)

Secondly I have to get up in time for the doctor's appointment. It's my pain doctor, so very important.  I actually have two pain doctor's but this one is for my morphine. So can't miss him!  Today's pain doctor was for my shoulder and back and stimulants to help counter all the other crud that is going on... which I won't bore you with the details about. ;)

Thirdly.... I am happy to say that there are more and more that are finishing up the hunt! Whoo hoo!  Almost 900 have registered, and not sure how many have finished yet, but it's a lot! With even more finishing as they get those final 3 that just registered.

Hunters... we do not have hints here, but you can find them via HUNT2HUNT group and the Hunt Locations blog. But I have no idea how good it is, because I know that a lot of the vendors move their umbrellas.  So if you have a problem, go to the Hunters' group (HUNT2HUNT - links available at almost all locations near the sign up posters) and ask someone in there. I know that several people there have great help and hints.

Now, I do not know when I can catch Bizet on, my doctor's appointment is right after noon, and that's when she gets on to catch me during her lunch break. So I probably will miss her. But I should be able to catch her in the evening.  I missed her this evening because I couldn't get home from my other doctor's in time.  Sucked! 

Need any help that you can't get from the Hunter's group, go to one of the "Helpers" listed on the left.  They are there to help you, no matter the problem. :)

Almost There!

Keep your eye out! Bizet got me the scripts at lunch, but I'm on my mom's laptop and we are pushing it! I have to run! But wanted you to know, I THINK it's going to work. It did with me, but it was working with me before. So just need to test with others trying for gift and if it works... We will be able to get the bonus gifts out for those that have completed the hunt!

WHOO HOO!

Gotta Get Some Sleep

After over 4 hours online with the scripter... We still haven't gotten it fixed.  I'm not totally discouraged... gotta keep the hope alive... But if it isn't working by this weekend, I'll find another way to get your bonus gifts put out and available to everyone.

Sorry for the delay. :(  LONG LONG day.  Online now for 16 hours again, so MUST go or I'll go insane. ;)

Night... Happy Hunting!

IMPORTANT Update & Information!

ALL the shops are now registered. If you have the NEW HUD (version 1.0) and it used to say you had completed it, if it was any stores less then 73, then it now will say you have NOT completed. Because the last shop, #48, registered today.

A warning about #48 - Yasmine was NOT the shop in there, she graciously gave another gift to fill the spot. So when you go there, remember, you were there before. She's also #6. So look for the SECOND unbrella. And if you happen to be new and get them both at the same time, just remember to follow #6's LM first, then later use the LM in #48.

One other shop has two. #66 is UPSTAIRS. Before when you went there, you were downstairs. She has TWO shops, two different kinds of gifts. And yes, she added #66 because we had a store drop out right before the hunt started after all the numbers were already assigned. So she was nice enough too to give another gift to keep the numbers in order. :)

So, you thought you finished but it says you haven't? Make sure you have the shops that registered last: #22, #48, & #72. If you have these shops, but it still says that you have NOT completed the hunt, then send a note card to me (Tiea Aeon) or Jasmine Princess. We can check the shops you have been to and let you know which one you are missing.

About #73: I understand that some have gotten the wrong LM to the location. There is a PG side and an adult side. The wrong LM was in #72 by accident. However, that has been fixed. The blog has the right location and her's has it now too.

I have a report that #33. I'm going to check it out when I get in, and I know that one of the helpers have left a note card with the owner. So give it a day.

.... And the scripter just got online, so have to stop here. More to come later, but this will help you now. ;)

#48 Is UP and WORKING! & UPDATE!

This is it! Shop #48 was dropped because they took their poster down and refused to talk to any helpers or myself. So Yasmine of Shop #6 has offered to add ANOTHER gift to the hunt! Thank you Yasmine! This is greatly appreciated!

So, head on over to the NEW Shop #48! But remember, when you were at Shop #6 before, you got a gift there somewhere. Don't try to click on the SAME umbrella, it won't give you a gift. Look for a SECOND umbrella. ;)

Now the hunt shops are ALL set up! If you have ANY problems with ANY one (I will be finding a good landing point for #73 for non adults sometime today) let someone know. If you need a shop reset, let me or Jasmine Princess know. One of us is usually on, so we can reset the shop that you had a problem with.

Now, as for the final gift... I'm testing the scripts now. I will put an update as soon as I know. Until then... Happy Hunting!