Newbie Test

Newbie's Experience

If Dr. Cox keeps calling you Newbie, then you are J.D.

Setup

• Create a new user account using the usertool or via secondlife.com.
  • for this test, skip the avatar selection test when signing up via secondlife.com.
  • for this test, skip the part that gives you some L$.
• Uninstall all versions of Second Life to clear all settings and cache files.
• Install Second Life.

• This test requires a second user which does not need to be new.

Log on to the new account.

• After logging in you should see the Terms of Service Agreement. Accept it.

• A Critical Messge containing Second Life Community Standards should appear. Click "Continue".

• You will continue to log in and be asked if you wish to play streaming media.

• You should see a dialog asking you to choose a gender. (If you have selected this at the registration page, this option is not available)

• Click one of the buttons to choose a gender.

• The "Play Music"/"Disable" modeless dialog is now visible. Click the "Play Music" button. Verify you hear something.

• Press the F1 key to open Help, Read thru several pages of online help and verify links/buttons work and are correct.

• Verify Home takes you to a help index page listing the various help topics available.

• Verify the "Back" and "Forward" buttons behave as expected for a browser

• Check that previously visited links are highlighted in a different color. (this no longer happens. should it?)

• Close the help.

• Click on Help/Message of the Day. Verify that multiple clicks will not bring up multiple copies. (this doesn't exist? -Maestro Linden 14:47, 9 October 2008 (PDT))

• Check the build/sim info is correct from the Help/About SecondLife... Verify that multiple clicks will not bring up multiple copies.

• Verify that you are in a Orientation Island / Help Island sim at an appropriate start location.

• Check your Edit/Preference, they should all have default values. (this should be detailed and tested in some other test)

• Verify you are the gender you chose, you are fully clothed & you look good.

• Check your profile. See that the name is correct and all data fields are empty. Your reputation should be zero.

• Verify your World/Account History with correct name, data & balance of L$0. Verify balance matches what is shown at top right of screen.

• Verify you cannot create objects at the start location.

• Verify the minimap is open. (it's not. should it be?)

• Verify you appear on the minimap as a green dot.

• Open you Inventory by clicking the Inventory button.

• Verify that the Inventory contains the following folder in alphabetically order. Animations, Body Parts, Calling Cards, Clothing, Gestures, Landmarks, Lost And Found, Notecards, Objects, Photo Album, Scripts, Textures, Trash

• Check that you can wear the shapes in the inventory/Body Parts.

• Verify you have no calling cards.

• Check that you can wear all the clothing in the inventory/clothing folder and the descriptions are correct.

• Verify that there is a Welcome Note in the Library/Note Cards folder, and that you can read it.

• Verify that there are 2 snapshots in the Library/Photo Album folder, and that you can view them.

• Verify that there is a Rotation Script in the Library/Scripts folder, and that you can read it.

• Verify a few of the textures in Library/Texture subfolders have correct descriptions and can be viewed.

• Verify trash in inventory is empty.

• Teleport off Orientation Island to mainland using the Library/Landmarks/Welcome Area on Mainland landmark.

• Rez out each object from the Library/Objects inventory: examine each object is intact, looks right and has correct name & description

• Verify all inventory scripted objects work accordingly

• Delete all rezed objects

• Verify all audio sounds works in Library/Sounds inventory

• Verify a few randomly sampled gestures work in the Active Gesture window.

• Teleport Home using World/Teleport Home

Appearance:

• Login in with two accounts A and B

• With B observing A and vice versa, verifying each step

• A: Right click your Avatar, click on appearance. Save the current appearance by clicking on Make Outfit/Ruth. Verify that a folder named Ruth is created in the Inventory/Clothing folder.

• A: Create 4 new outfits:2 Males: Male-tall and Male-short and 2 Females: Female-fat and Female-skinny. Verify all 4 outfits are created in inventory/Clothing folder in alphabetical order

• A: Interchange the outfits by dragging the whole folder from inventory to the avatar.

• A: Verify that items you are wearing are identified by a "(worn)" behind it

• A: Take off worn clothing items by right-clicking on the items from inventory/Clothing and click on "Take off of Avatar"

• A: Verify that you cannot take off body parts that you are wearing.

• A: Try on single items by double clicking on item from Inventory/body Parts and Inventory/Clothing

• A: try on single pieces of body parts/clothing by right-clicking on items from Inventory/body Parts and Inventory/Clothing and click on "Wear on Avatar"

• A: Delete some clothing items and verify they are moved to trash

• A: Verify you can not delete items that you are currently wearing

• A: Verify you cannot move items that you are currently wearing into trash.

• A: Verify you can not delete/move to trash, the clothing folder that you are currently wearing

• A: offer individual items in body parts and clothing to B by dragging the items to B

• B: accepts some and denies some. Open the inventory window and verify items that are accepted end up in the clothing folder

• B: Try on the newly accepted items.

• A: offer the 4 newly created outfits to B by dragging the folders one at a time to B

• B: Accept 3 outfits: 2 male, and the Female-fat and deny Female-skinny. B should have 3 new folders of clothing. in inventory

• B: Verify that the accepted folders are in inventory's top level, and they contain exactly the same items in A's inventory

• B: Try on all 3 new outfits. Make sure they come out correct

• B: Delete Female-fat folder and empty trash in inventory

• A: Logout. Re-install SecondLife. Log back in. Verify you look the same

• B: Check out A and make sure it looks the same before and after logout./in.

• A: Verify your contents in the inventory are the same

• A: Try on all the outfits again. Make sure they come out correct.

Tracking:

• A: Right-click B and Add friend

• B: Accept A's friendship

• A+B: Open the Friends window, click on the other's name and enable "Can see me on the map"

• A+B: Verify that your calling card folder indicates B/A online and B/A's names are enabled in Map/Tracking drop down menu

• A: Logout

• B: Verify A in calling card folder says offline, and A in Map/Tracking drop down menu is disabled.

• A: Log back in

• A+B: Same state as #68

• A: Fly a to a different region

• B: Track A from Map/Tracking as a red circle on the map

• A: Fly across a boundary

• B: Verify the red circle moves according to A's motion/direction

• B: Follow A by flying in the direction of the red arrow on your screen. See that the green dot approaches the red circle on the map.

• B: When the green dot meets the red circle, look for a red column entrapping A

• A: Fly across two regions

• B: Follow A by click on the name A from the Map's Tracking pull down menu. Fly in the direction of the red arrow to reach A

• B: See the green dot approaching the red circle on the map. When you stop flying, look for a red column entrapping A

Attachments:

With B observing A and verifying each step

• A: Rez in the party hat, attach it to your head

• A: Edit the party hat while still attached to the head. Make it bigger, change the color and wear it tilted on the side of the head

• A: Rez in the parrot. Attach it to your shoulder

• A: Rez in the popgun. Follow the instructions and learn how to attach, target and shoot it.

• B: Rez in the hand lamp, attach it to your right hand. Make it bigger change the color and rotate it.

• B: Detach it and attach it back to the right hand. Make sure it goes back to the previous state.

• A: fly to a different region. Verify that your attachments: hat, Pop gun and Parrot are still in the same state

• B: follow A and make sure A looks the same before and after crossing region

• A: Teleport to the Boardwalk from the Inventory/landmark.

• A: Verify that your attachments: hat, Pop gun and Parrot are still intact

• B: follow A by teleporting and make sure A looks the same

• A: log out and log back in, make sure all the attachments stay the same

• B: check that A looks the same before and after logout/login

• B: Fly away from the A until A is not in focus. Fly back to A, check that A looks the same with the attachments

• A: Go back home using World/Teleport Home.

• A: Verify that your attachments: hat, Pop gun and Parrot are still intact

• B: follow A by teleporting and make sure A looks the same

• B: create a box, and sit on it

• A: sit on the box next to B, verify the attachments are still good

• A: Get up. Verify the attachments are still good

• B: Verify A's attachments are still good

Profile:

• A: click on pie menu/my profile and start modifying your profile. Click OK to save

• B: Check A's profile, make sure it's updated.

• A: log out and log back in. check that the profile is preserved.

• B: Verify A's profile is the same before A's login and logout.

• A: Modify the profile. Click OK, and close. Reopen to see the updates.

• B: Verify A's profile is updated appropriately.

• B: Rate A positively. Check that A's reputation increases by 1.

• A: Verify that you received the msg that you've been rated. Check to see that your rating has been updated.

• A: Log out and log back in. Verify that your reputation is preserved.

• B: Retract the positive Rating for A. Check on A's reputation goes back to 0

Clean up

• B: Get up and delete the box. Detach the hand lamp, delete it. Empty the trash

• A: detach the popgun, the parrot and the hat. Delete them all. Empty the trash