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== About ==
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Viewer 2.0 introduces the first implementation of ''inventory links'', which have been requested for a long time in various forms by Residents, but serve the same basic purpose.
 
An inventory link merely points to an actual inventory item. If you're familiar with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_%28Mac_OS%29 aliases] on Mac OS X and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link symbolic links] on Windows and Linux, inventory links behave somewhat similarly.
 
A link itself is ''meta'', meaning it's entirely referential and carries no unique properties that can be modified independently of the original. A link is shown in italic:
 
To find the original that a link is connected to, right-click the link and choose '''Find Original'''.
 
Inversely, if you click an original item in inventory, you can find all links pointing to it by clicking the gear icon at the bottom and choosing '''Find All Links'''.
 
== How can links benefit me? ==
 
Links were introduced to accompany the new outfit system in Viewer 2, which makes it easier to switch between sets of clothes or entire avatar looks.
 
Previously in Viewer 1.23 and earlier, making a new outfit would copy all copyable items and move all no-copy items into a single folder.
 
But what if you want to include a no-copy item in multiple avatar outfit folders? You simply couldn't.
 
Now, '''making a new outfit creates links to each item instead'''. Multiple links to a single item can be created, simplifying keeping track of what went wear, um, where.
 
== Limitations and confusions ==
 
Some of these limitations may be removed in the future. As of Viewer 2.0.1, it's important to know:
 
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 13:04, 27 March 2012

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