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How do I return other people's objects?
It
happens sooner or later: someone puts something on your Second Life
land that doesn't need to be there. A lost vehicle, a creative statue,
even a random prim. Thankfully, you have several tools at your disposal
to handle these objects however you wish.
Manual Returns
Any object on your land can be returned by you. Simply right-click the object and select More > Return.
If you're in a fairly punitive mood, you can Delete it; however, most people really appreciate getting their vehicles back (and anything else they might have purchased)!
Returning Objects on Parcel
The About Land window lets you pick whole groups of objects to remove. There are three categories of objects, as listed in the Objects tab of About Land window, accessed by selecting World > About Land:
- Owned by parcel owner: These are objects that have been deeded to the group (in the Tools window's General tab, click Set to choose a group, then enable the Share with Group option, then click Deed).
Deeding to the group is an excellent choice for any object that's going
to be a permanent fixture of the land. However, group-deeded objects
can't pay Linden Dollars to other residents, and group-deeded objects
that accept L$ (like donation boxes) will divide the L$ evenly among
all group members.
- Set to group: These are objects owned by group members that have been set to the group (in the Tools window's General tab, click Set and choose a group). This is a must-have setting for any object that's going to stay on the parcel that shouldn't be deeded to the group.
- Owned by others: These are objects owned by people who are not in the group, as well as objects owned by group members that are not set to the group. This is very important. Anything you build that isn't set to the right group gets placed in this category.
About Autoreturn
If the parcel is filled past capacity, it will automatically return objects. It starts with objects in the Owned by others category, then returning objects that are Set to group and objects Owned by parcel owner if need be. In each case, it goes from the newest to oldest objects in each category.
You can also set Autoreturn to automatically return any objects in the Others group after a given number of minutes from the Objects tab of the About Land window; it's the field labeled Autoreturn other residents' objects (minutes, 0 for off). As the name implies, you should set this field to 0 to turn it off.
Autoreturn should return all objects categorized as Owned by others (in
order of most recent to oldest) before any objects belonging to the
group, which helps your group prevent malicious users from trying to
attack your build by bringing in their own objects. When you enter a
number for Autoreturn, it's set instantly and retroactively, so
entering 15 (for example) will immediately cause any objects marked as Owned by others that have been left for more than 15 minutes to return to their owners.
