Difference between revisions of "God Mode"

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"God Mode" is the term used to describe the enabling of administrative tools and features in the Second Life Viewer.

Although the features and menus are compiled into the viewer, if an unauthorized user attempts to enable "God Mode" via Ctrl-Alt-G, or the Advanced > Request Admin Powers menu option, a dialog is displayed informing the user that "Request for special powers failed. This request has been logged". The options available to an authorized user can still be viewed via Ctrl-Alt-V or the Advanced > View Admin Options menu option- although "God Mode" appears to be enabled, the server will not act upon any attempts to use them.

What it can do?

In Linden-owned grids (such as Agni), "God Mode" enables Linden Lab employees to perform tasks entirely in the viewer, such as:

edit land or region info
kick or freeze avatars,
claim land or objects to themselves
Log everyone out of Second Life

"God Mode" also allows parcel restrictions such as "no fly" to be ignored.

What do they use it for?

Linden Lab employees may use "God Mode" for many reasons, including the privacy granted from being invisible to sensors^[1], reclaiming abandoned land and dealing with griefers.

God Mode Levels

The Viewer source code shows that there are several levels of "God Mode" (each level has all the previous levels' powers):

GOD_NOT

Value: 0 Presumably the default "God Mode" status given to every logged-in user

GOD_LIKE

Value: 1

rename objects without modify permission

GOD_CUSTOMER_SERVICE

Value: 100

Toggle character geometry
Take copy
Owner To Me
Set To Linden Content
Claim Public Land

GOD_LIAISON

Value: 150

Enable land auction

GOD_FULL

Value: 200 Difference from GOD_LIAISON not apparent.

GOD_MAINTENANCE

Value: 250 Difference from GOD_FULL not apparent.

Footnotes

^ Lindens in God Mode are only hidden from sensors, in case the sensor is in the same region as the Linden. See User talk:Soft Linden#sensor caveat.

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	Linden Lab employees may use "God Mode" for many reasons, including the privacy granted from being invisible to sensors{{footnote\|Lindens in God Mode are only hidden from sensors, in case the sensor is in the same [[region]] as the Linden. See [[User talk:Soft Linden#sensor caveat]].}}, reclaiming abandoned land, dealing with griefers.		Linden Lab employees may use "God Mode" for many reasons, including the privacy granted from being invisible to sensors{{footnote\|Lindens in God Mode are only hidden from sensors, in case the sensor is in the same [[region]] as the Linden. See [[User talk:Soft Linden#sensor caveat]].}}, reclaiming abandoned land and dealing with griefers.