Specialised sNr Equipment

Overview

The following tools are used to enforce the animal’s role at sNr and truly enhance the experience, in some cases, using RLV:

• sNr Staff HUD
• Mare Control
• Mare Hearing
• Stall Doors
• sNr Plugins (RR and MD)

sNr Plugins (RR and MD)

These plugins are added to MD and RR equipment to enable ‘activated’ staff to access their bridles when wearing their staff HUD. These are essential for head harnesses but optionally can be added to other relevant RR and MD equipment such as tails, boots, neck corset and harness. The plugins are available for free from the vendor wheel indicated on the map in this guide. Both the RR and MD plugin scripts need to be manually added to the respective bridles by the pony. To do this, they rez the bridle to the floor, select Edit and then drag the scripts into the content tab. Take the bridle and wear it as normal. Now sNr staff have access to their bridle even if it's locked, or an owner can lock it exclusively.

Stalls

Opening a Stall

To open a stall door, the staff member needs to be wearing their Staff HUD and be activated. Simply click anywhere on the door frame, avoiding the sNr logo on the nameplate. Clicking the sNr logo on the nameplate allows you to edit the stall nameplate, which is covered below. Always allow a little time, as there is a short delay whilst the Staff HUD checks your permissions.

Stall Nameplates

Each pony should have its name on its allocated stall, except in the case of rubber mares or guest ponies.

The image below shows an example of a nameplate on an sNr stall door, marked up with the stall position numbers from ① to ⑥ which becomes important when you use the menu below.

If you click the sNr logo on the nameplate whilst activated and wearing a staff HUD, then the following menu appears:

As you can see the menu comprises a list of numbers from 1 – 6 – these refer to the position numbers marked up on the nameplate image above. There is also an info button and a button to open door.

• [Info]

Pressing the info button provides a list of names to you in local chat detailing the pony’s username, display name, which staff member added them and when.

• [Open Door]

This is another way of opening the stall door, but less efficient than just clicking on the door frame itself. [x] IMAGE If you click one of the stall numbers then you get the menu below. You have options to assign a nearby person to a stall, remove a person or go back. If you assign a person to a stall then you will have the option to add their pony name. It’s wise to have their stall name match their display name so staff know which stall to put them in. Remove a stall name if the pony has been released. It is a regular admin function by senior staff to clear out unused stalls, but reduces their workload if you remove it after releasing someone.

Accessing Bridles

As a member of staff, you are able to approach a mare and leash it to take it for training and leash it back in its stall when it is finished. The guide below covers simple use of MD, RR and KDC bridles.

Remember to wear a leash handle or ring containing scripts for leashing MD, RR and open collar bridles as a minimum.

If you cannot get access, then check the following:

• The owner may have prevented access to their pony’s bridle using the Mare Control Owner rights.
• You may be standing too far away.
• Your staff access may need reactivating.
• You may not be wearing the Staff HUD.
• The pony may not have added the plugins or it is not set up correctly.

MD Bridle

To access the bridle menu, simply click on the bridle, usually around the bit area and the following menu appears: IMAGE

To leash a pony, press leash. Then you grab the leash and press length to set the length accordingly. 2 or 3 metres is usually about right for taking them out. If they are not bitted, then press gag and pony bit. To secure them to a leash ring, click leash to and then the ring you want to leash them to. Then set the length accordingly. Please do use the features in RLV, as these will conflict with those provided by Mare Control. For more information, consult the MD notecard, or get a copy from a pony.

RR Bridle

To access the bridle menu, simply click on the bridle, usually around the bit area and the following menu appears: IMAGE

To leash a pony, press plugins | Leash. Then you grab leash and press length to set the length accordingly. 2 or 3 metres is usually about right for taking them out. You have to press custom to achieve a 3 metre length. If they are not bitted, then press Harness Ring. If the pony has a ring rather than a bit then go to Plugins | Style and click Harness Bit. To secure them to a leash ring, click Plugins | Leash and then the ring you want to leash them to. Then set the length accordingly. There may be a little pause, so wait patiently. Please do not use any RLV features, as these will conflict with those provided by Mare Control. For more information, consult the RR guidance.

KDC Bridle

The KDC bridle is simple and elegant and considered a very script-light gear which will not burden your sim or your computer. There are no built-in menus with this gear. You need to obtain the KDC script to add to your leash holder (ask in the group chat) and then you simply click the leash in your hand and then touch one of the leash points on the bridle. Then the animal will be leashed. You do the same to unleash it. There is no setting to change the leash length, so the length of the leash will be determined by how far you are standing from it when you leashed it. In terms of leashing the animal to leash rings and posts, this will be tricky as these do not have the KDC scripts inside. It is possible that arrangements can be made if you have an animal with the KDC bridle.