How to Stay Online While AFK In Second Life


	How to Stay Online While AFK In Second Life

Chrischun

10-13-2007 12:34 AM

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stay online, disable afk in second life, second life, secondlife, sl, afk, idle, stay online while idle in second life

Chrischun says:

Information and examples for defeating the auto-logout when idle for too long in the Second Life Platform. Includes four different ways of achieving this, from using 3rd party macro programs (scripts provided) to directly editing variables used by the SL Client.

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11-15-2007 4:04 PM

neochonetes

Can these techniques be used in other social networking venues? Or places where you must login?

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