LSL Protocol/Restrained Life Relay/gender

!gender

Not yet implemented

Description

meta command to pass a the gender of the relay wearer to the device using the relay.

Effect

When receiving this meta-command, the relay must send a special acknowledgment that contains the gender of the wearer (to be set via a menu, or a chat command, or a notecard). The valid genders are: "neuter", "male", "female", "hermaphrodite".

Motivation

There is currently no easy way to know the gender of the avatars interacting with a device, short of asking their player via a menu. It would be easier if the players could give the gender of their avatar to their relay once and for all, then have the devices automatically adapt their actions and/or emotes to it.

Henri Beauchamp 00:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Discussion

Please explain how !gender differs from !vision in implementing more than a strict RLV gateway which you commented by "I 100% agree with Sharie: a relay should NEVER implement such commands as !vision. I spoke with Marine about it and she too agrees that !vision and !visionclear have nothing to do in a relay. I personally will always refuse to implement such features in my own relay(s)." --Maike Short 05:17, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Can this be done with @getdebug_gender and @setdebug_gender? --Maike Short 05:17, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

If the protocol is extended to read the gender, there should be a way to set it, too. The relay can of course refuse that, but it should be specified in the protocol right from the beginning, so that we don't need a later hacky extension. --Maike Short 05:24, 8 April 2009 (UTC)