From version 1.2 of the , uses an Experience to automatically allow avatars accept those pesky permissions to animate!

In order to set this up on your land, you will need to do the following:

On your client tool bar at the top of your screen go to World and then select Parcel Details if you are using the Firestorm client, select About Land if you are using the Second Life Client.

In the Experiences tab, click the Add button on the Allowed Experiences section.

In the Choose Experience dialog that pops up, search for TIS and then select the TIS (There In Spirit) experience, make sure the owner is Dancing Lemon.

Your comes in a product box. Drag this box to the ground where it will automatically unpack and give you a folder containing your product. Accept this folder and it will appear in the top level of your inventory. You can now delete the product box (a copy is still in your inventory).

In your inventory, locate the folder called "TIS ".

In this folder you will find the following items:

TIS

This is the unit which is just waiting to be used! It is copyable so you can use as many as your venue requires.

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TIS  extra User Modules

These are the extra User Modules you may want to use for more dancers to be able to use the machine. Please see Changing the number of dancers for more information.

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TIS Couples Calling Post

This is a calling post which can be placed out for use to call the main dance machine. This is very useful if you have a large venue and it is impossible to your customers to click the main ball to dance. Please see Creating other calling points for more information.

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TIS Couples Mirrorball Calling Post

This is another calling post but looks like a Mirrorball. Same functionality! Please see Creating other calling points for more information.

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TIS Poseball Server

Allows the use of couples dances on no-rez land. Please see poseball server system for more information.

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TIS Couples Pose Ball Setup

This script is used for loading Couples animations into the dance machine. More information can be found in the Adding Couples Animations section.

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TIS Couples Remote Script - Drop in your own prim

This script can be dropped into your own prim to render it a calling post for the Couples Dance Machine. Please see Creating other calling points for more information.

The dance machine firstly needs to be rezzed under the land owning group. To check what group your land is set to, open the About Land dialog box (using the client toolbar, go to World > Parcel Details). If your land is not owned by a group you can set this here.

In order that the  can use couples dances that you load into it, the land settings where the dance machine will be located will need checking in order that the machine can rez poseballs for avatars to dance couples dances.

When you first drag out the TIS  in world the dance machine will go through an initial setup and check that it has permission to rez couples poseballs on the land it is on. The land settings "Build" option needs to be set like this:

The machine will state in chat certain messages dependant on the land settings:

If you receive this message the land is set up correctly and you can then proceed with the set up.

TIS : Poseball creation check - PASSED

If the  was rezzed on land and is not set to the land owning group, you will see a message like this:

TIS : Poseball creation check - FAILED - Unable to rez poseballs when owner is offline. Please set (not deed) the dance machine to the group that owns the land, or place a deeded TIS Poseball Server on this parcel.

If the  was rezzed on land that is group owned, but the group cannot create objects, you will see a message like this:

TIS : Poseball creation check - FAILED - Land is group owned, but members of the group cannot create objects. Either allow the group to rez, or place a deeded TIS Poseball Server on this parcel.

If the  was rezzed on land that is not owned by you, and is not set to the land owning group, you will see a message like this:

TIS : Poseball creation check - FAILED - Unable to rez poseballs. Please set (not deed) the dance machine to the group the land is set to, or place a TIS Poseball Server on this parcel.

If the  was rezzed on land that is not owned by you, has no land owning group, and only the land owner can create objects, you will see a message like this:

TIS : Poseball creation check - FAILED - Land is individually owned, and only the land owner's objects are allowed to rez. Please ask the land owner to place a TIS Poseball Server on this parcel.

If you own the land and have set the machine to the land owning group, but you do not wish to have group members allowed to build, then the only way to provide the machine to rez poseballs is to use the TIS Poseball Server that came with your package.

More information about the TIS Poseball Server can be found here.

If the machine advises that the Poseball creation has Passed, the machine has an inbuilt function that allows users of the TIS Fusion to dance their own dances using their Fusion. This, we found, was a good way of customers being able to use their own couples dances in clubs they frequent!

Before you use your machine please check your land settings to make sure that the machine can rez its poseballs for couples dancing.

After setting up your land and receiving the Poseball PASSED message, you should also see in chat the following messages:

TIS : Please accept the permissions dialog when requested. You will need to accept the drop down at this stage.
TIS : Load of Hovertext notecard complete.
TIS : Load of Access notecard complete. Free Memory: 18638 bytes.
TIS : Poseball creation check - PASSED
TIS : Retrieving dance settings - Please wait....
TIS : Settings for 1 couples dances received and menu constructed successfully. - Free memory: 42608 bytes

If the machine cannot rez it's poseballs, the message as to why will be presented in chat to you. You only need to follow the details in the chat.

If you have purchased the Standard Version of the machine go to Purchased Standard Version heading below.

If you have purchased either the Plus Version, Fully Loaded Version or the Xtreme Version, go to Purchased Plus Version, Fully Loaded Version or the Xtreme Version below. This also gives information about loading the dances that come with your machine.

In addition to using animations as their creator intended to dance couples and singles dances, the CDM allows you to create custom singles and couples dances from the animations contained in it. For example you can stitch a number of singles dances together to make one extended dance, use part of a couples dance as a singles dance, or create a mirrored couples dance from one single dance.

To do this you simply need to create some new settings lines in your !!! Settings !!! notecard as follows:

To remove any animations from the machine, simply do the following:

• Right click the machine and select edit.
• In the Edit dialog box click the Content tab.
• Find the Animation you wish to remove. If the Animation is a copyable animation, you just right click the animation and select Delete. If the Animation is a transferable animation, you will need to drag the animation from your machine contents back to your inventory as deleting it will remove it from your ownership.

Once you have removed the animation from your machine the machine will state in chat:

TIS : Animation inventory changes detected - Switching off dance machine. Please switch the dance machine on (click and hold) once changes are complete to load new settings.

Follow the instruction to switch the dance machine on. When you do a drop down box will appear:

Selecting OK will then contact our database of dances and obtain the settings for dances you have loaded into the CDM. You may also have another drop down box presented to you which is asking for permissions, you must say Yes to this in order that the machine completes its setup:

Once the machine has retrieved its settings it will state in chat the following:

TIS : Settings for n couples dances received and menu constructed successfully. - Free memory: n bytes

This tab details the dances you have in the machine, and whether they are loaded successfully, awaiting settings, or unknown. There are also instructions with what to do in each case.

The button at the bottom sends any settings collected for the loaded dances back to the machine. On clicking this button you will be presented with a screen like this:

This text inside the "notecard" can be then pasted into your !!! Settings!!! notecard in the contents of the dance machine in order to save your menu settings.

This tab contains a list of all couples dances in the machine, and the Menu Group (categories) and Menu Name of each dance. You can amend the name to whatever you like, and group the dances into different menu levels, you can use a maximum of 10 group categories for the dances. If you use more categories, your dances will not show in the menu, so please bear this in mind. For example the following setup would produce menus as shown:

Once you have amended the list to your liking, click the button at the bottom of the Summary tab to send the settings back to the dance machine. The contents of this should be copied into the !!! Settings!!! notecard in the contents of the dance machine in order to save your menu settings. Follow the instructions on screen to do this.

If you see this tab then you have most likely purchased a newly created dance and its settings are awaiting verification by our team. Settings are typically available within 24 hours. Check back at regular intervals to load the settings to your machine. Note: you will need to visit the manage page or reset the dance machine in order to get settings as the machine will not automatically pole for them in order to reduce lag.

If you see this tab then you have animations in the dance machine that the system does not recognise. Follow the instructions on screen to deal with these if the situation arises.

The issues are explained as follows:

Missing Animations

This indicates you have part of a couples dance in the machine that is missing one or more of its animations. Check your original poseballs/inventory to locate the animation that is missing.

Waiting Animation

This animation is not a dance. It is included with some couples poseballs and plays whilst waiting for a partner to sit on the other poseball. You should remove this animation from the Couples Dance Machine.

Animations are usually created by animators for a certain size of avatar, especially couples dances which will assume the two avatars are of similar size. The dance machine automatically adjusts your height so you are always on the floor, however if you are very tall or very short, you can use page up/page down to adjust your position to suit the dance you are doing. If using the HUD you can also press the height adjustment icons to move your avatar.

Contained in the folder you will find an object called "TIS Couples Dance Machine Extra UserModules". Contained in this object are a number of scripts (51 - 100) that allow people to dance on the machine. These can be added to the machine to allow a total of 100 people to use the machine at any one point.

By default the dance machine comes configured (loaded) to allow up to 50 people (25 couples) to dance. The dance machine utilises a unique scripting technology that switches off unused scripts so they do not impact server resources, however you may wish to either add or remove user slots to suit your requirements. This is easily accomplished by adding or removing the scripts named ~UserModule 1 to 100 from the machine. Note that a script is required for each person, so scripts should be added or removed in multiples of two.

Included in the package are calling posts. One called "Calling Post" and the other "Mirrorball Calling Post". Multiple calling points can be set up to make it easier for people to call for couples pose balls or the menu when dancing. Calling Posts can be placed out at multiple locations on the same sim. Clicking a Calling Post is the same as clicking on the machine itself. The "Calling Post" will also change its style to match that of the .

When you first rez out one of the calling posts it will state in chat:

TIS : Linked to TIS Couples Dance Machine

In addition a script called "TIS Couples Remote Script" is included with the package which allows you to create your own calling post from your own objects, such as a venue specific sign.

To do this, create a prim, which will represent your "Couples Calling Post" and drag the "TIS Couples Remote Script" into it. You can then just click your object which will then call up the dance menu from the Couples Dance Machine.

Want to change the hovertext floating above your machine? No problem! To do this just follow these steps:

• Right click the machine and choose edit.
• In the edit window, select the content tab.
• Find the notecard in the content tab called !!! Hovertext !!! and double click to open it.
• Follow the instructions in the notecard to change your floating text.
• Click the save button at the bottom of the notecard to save your changes.
• Close the notecard down and close the edit dialog box down. The machine will state in chat:
  

  TIS : Inventory changes detected - Identifying changes...
  TIS : Load of Hovertext notecard complete.

The machine should automatically register these changes and display the hovertext as you have set it in the !!! Hovertext !!! notecard.