- Added proper attribution: 'Feature suggested by Pawkaf (pawkaf.lutrova)' - Credits Pawkaf for the innovative red X overlay idea for eliminated players - Updates all documentation files with appropriate recognition - Updates: CHANGELOG.md, README.md, CHANGELOG_Notecard.txt, README_Notecard.txt
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# 🎲 Peril Dice — Professional Single Linkset Game System for Second Life
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**Created by Rebecca Nod and Noose the Bunny**
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**Current Version: 2.8.4 - Disconnect Recovery & System-Wide Debug Control**
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## Overview
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Peril Dice is a multiplayer elimination game where each player selects numbers before a die is rolled. If the peril player's number is rolled, they lose a life. Players are eliminated when they reach zero lives.
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**🚨 NEW in v2.8.4**: **DISCONNECT RECOVERY & DEBUG SYSTEM** - Revolutionary disconnect/reconnect recovery system eliminates need to kick players who disconnect during their turn, plus comprehensive system-wide verbose logging toggle for production vs development modes.
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**NEW in v2.8.3**: **CRITICAL BUG FIXES** - Fixed major shield detection logic error causing incorrect "NO SHIELD!" messages when shields were actually provided, plus complete initialization system overhaul eliminating the need for manual script reset after rezzing.
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**NEW in v2.8.2**: Fixed critical scoreboard spam bug caused by eliminated players, plus re-fixed peril status display on floaters and elimination heart updates to show 0 hearts before player removal.
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**NEW in v2.8.0**: Game lockout security system, automatic reset functionality, and enhanced player management with kick/leave fixes for complete ownership control and stability.
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**NEW in v2.7.0**: Complete architectural overhaul featuring consolidated single linkset design (74 prims total) with bulletproof link message communication, eliminating all channel conflicts and deployment complexity.
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## Major v2.8.4 Improvements 🚨
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### 🔍 **System-Wide Verbose Logging Toggle**
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- **One-Click Debug Control**: Comprehensive verbose logging system across all 14 game modules
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- **Easy Access**: Added "Toggle Verbose Logs" in Owner Menu → Troubleshooting for instant access
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- **Real-Time Toggle**: Enable/disable detailed debug messages instantly without script restart
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- **Universal Sync**: One toggle affects all modules simultaneously for consistent logging state
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- **Production Mode**: When disabled, only essential errors and public announcements shown
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- **Development Mode**: When enabled, shows internal operations, sync messages, state changes, diagnostics
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- **Complete Coverage**: Main Controller, Game Manager, Floater Manager, Bot Manager, Roll Module, NumberPicker Handler, Message Handler, Game Calculator, System Debugger, Memory Controller, Scoreboard Manager, Leaderboard Communication, Dice Bridge
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### 🔧 **Revolutionary Disconnect/Reconnect Recovery**
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- **The Nooser Problem - SOLVED**: Fixed major issue where disconnected players broke games
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- **Before**: Player disconnects during turn → Game stuck → Return shows wrong menu → Requires kick to continue
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- **After**: Player disconnects during turn → Return automatically restores correct dialog → Game continues seamlessly
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- **Smart State Recovery**: Automatic detection and repair of corrupted game state
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- **Intelligent Detection**: Compares who SHOULD be picking with who system THINKS is picking
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- **Auto-Repair**: Fixes `currentPicker` corruption when players reconnect
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- **Universal Coverage**: Works for both number picking and dice rolling phases
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- **"Welcome Back" Experience**: Clear feedback when players return ("Welcome back! Restoring your number picking dialog...")
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- **Owner Emergency Recovery**: If game gets completely stuck, owner touch forces resume
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- **No More Kicks**: Eliminates need to kick players just because they disconnected
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### 🎯 **Enhanced Dialog Protection System**
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- **Stale Dialog Prevention**: Advanced validation prevents outdated number selections
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- **Multi-Layer Protection**: Session validation, player validation, number availability checking
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- **Smart Rejection**: Automatically blocks selections for numbers already picked by others
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- **Race Condition Prevention**: Protects against players clicking cached dialog buttons after state changes
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- **Improved Dialog Recovery**: Better system for restoring dialogs after disconnections
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- **Session Management**: Enhanced tracking prevents dialog conflicts and confusion
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### 🔍 **Number Detection & Shield Logic Fixes**
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- **Fixed "Numbers Not Showing" Issue**: Resolved major bug where system couldn't see numbers players had picked
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- **Problem**: Game would show "NO SHIELD!" even when players had actually picked the rolled number
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- **Root Cause**: Pick data synchronization issues between modules causing invisible player selections
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- **Solution**: Enhanced pick data validation and sync message reliability across all game modules
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- **Impact**: Shield detection now works correctly - proper "PLOT TWIST!" and shield mechanics restored
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### ❌ **Enhanced Elimination Visual Feedback**
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- **Red X Elimination Marker**: Added clear visual indicator for eliminated players on scoreboard
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- **Visual Enhancement**: Eliminated players now display a red X overlay on their profile picture
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- **Immediate Feedback**: Red X appears instantly when player reaches 0 lives for clear elimination status
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- **Persistent Display**: Red X remains visible on scoreboard until game reset for historical reference
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- **User Experience**: Players can easily see who has been eliminated without checking heart counts
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- **Credit**: Feature suggested by Pawkaf (pawkaf.lutrova)
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### 🛡️ **Game State Stability Improvements**
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- **Sync Message Reliability**: Fixed various state synchronization issues causing game confusion
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- **Pick Queue Protection**: Enhanced management prevents corruption during disconnections
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- **Display Consistency**: Fixed cases where different systems showed conflicting game state
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- **Race Condition Prevention**: Proper sequencing for state updates during player disconnections
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### 🐛 **Critical Compilation Fixes**
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- **LSL Syntax Corrections**: Fixed multiple script compilation errors
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- **Issue**: Mid-block variable declarations and ternary operators not supported in LSL
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- **Files Fixed**: All 14 game modules corrected for proper LSL syntax
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- **Solution**: Converted problematic code to proper LSL conditional statements
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- **100% Compilation Success**: All scripts now compile without errors
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### 🎮 **Seamless User Experience**
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- **No More Game Breaking**: Player disconnections no longer disrupt game flow
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- **Graceful Recovery**: Players return to exactly where they left off
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- **Clear Feedback**: Status messages show when debug logging is toggled
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- **Owner Control**: Easy debug access through familiar menu system
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- **Professional Operation**: Clean, reliable gameplay for all participants
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### 📈 **Before vs After v2.8.4**
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| **Before** | **After** |
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| ❌ Player disconnects → Game breaks | ✅ Player disconnects → Returns seamlessly |
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| ❌ Must kick disconnected players | ✅ Auto-recovery, no kicks needed |
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| ❌ Debug info always on or always off | ✅ One-click verbose logging toggle |
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| ❌ State corruption from disconnections | ✅ Automatic state detection and repair |
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| ❌ Compilation errors in multiple scripts | ✅ All scripts compile successfully |
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## Major v2.8.3 Improvements
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### 🛡️ **Shield Detection Logic - CRITICAL BUG FIX**
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- **MAJOR ISSUE FIXED**: Shield detection was incorrectly reporting "NO SHIELD!" when shields were actually provided
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- **Example Bug**: Game said "Nobody picked 1" even when Rebecca had picked "3, 1" - Taylor took undeserved damage
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- **Root Cause**: Shield logic was checking if ONLY the peril player picked the number instead of if ANYONE picked it
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- **Fix**: Shield detection now uses correct `matched` flag (anyone picked) instead of `perilPickedIt` flag (only peril player)
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- **Impact**: Players no longer take undeserved damage when others provide proper shields
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- **Logic Correction**:
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- ✅ **NO SHIELD**: Only when nobody picked the rolled number (`!matched`)
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- ✅ **DIRECT HIT**: When peril player picked their own doom (`matched && perilPickedIt`)
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- ✅ **PLOT TWIST**: When someone else picked it but not peril player
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### 🎯 **Complete Initialization System Overhaul**
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- **MAJOR ISSUE FIXED**: "Can't join after rez" problem requiring manual script reset
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- **Problem**: When rezzing from inventory, players couldn't join until all scripts were manually reset
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- **Root Cause**: Critical scripts weren't resetting their state variables on rez, causing stale data conflicts
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- **Comprehensive Script Fixes**: Added complete `on_rez()` handlers to all critical scripts:
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- 🎯 **Game_Manager.lsl**: Core game logic (20+ variables reset)
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- 🎲 **Roll_ConfettiModule.lsl**: Dice rolling and shield detection
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- 🎮 **NumberPicker_DialogHandler.lsl**: Player number selection dialogs
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- 🤖 **Bot_Manager.lsl**: Bot player automation
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- 📦 **Floater_Manager.lsl**: Player status floating displays
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- 🎭 **Player_DialogHandler.lsl**: Player and owner menu systems
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- 🧮 **Game_Calculator.lsl**: Dice type calculations
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- **Each Fix Includes**:
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- ✅ Complete state variable reset to initial values
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- ✅ Dynamic channel re-initialization for unique instance communication
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- ✅ Old listener cleanup and fresh listener setup
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- ✅ Stale game data clearing (picks, player lists, dialog sessions)
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- ✅ Critical flag reinitialization (roundStarted, rollInProgress, etc.)
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- **🎮 IMPACT**: **Game is now immediately ready for players after rezzing - NO manual script reset required!**
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### 🏆 **Player Experience Revolution**
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- **Instant Playability**: Games rezzed from inventory work immediately
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- **Fair Shield Mechanics**: Shields now work correctly - no more undeserved damage
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- **Clean State Guarantee**: Every game instance starts completely fresh
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- **Reliable Dialog Systems**: Number picking works immediately after rez
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- **Zero Setup Time**: Rez → Touch → Join → Play (no waiting, no resets)
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### 📈 **Before vs After**
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| **Before v2.8.3** | **After v2.8.3** |
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| ❌ Required manual "Reset Scripts" | ✅ Immediate playability after rez |
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| ❌ Shield detection failed | ✅ Shields work correctly |
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| ❌ Stale data from previous sessions | ✅ Clean state every time |
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| ❌ "Join" button didn't work | ✅ Players can join immediately |
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| ❌ Inconsistent game behavior | ✅ 100% reliable initialization |
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## Major v2.8.1 Improvements 🔧
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### 🎯 **Peril Status Display Fixes**
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- **Fixed Floater Status Updates**: Peril status on floating displays now properly updates during gameplay
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- **Enhanced Status Messages**: Improved peril player display with clear "YOU ARE IN PERIL!" messaging
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- **Real-Time Status Sync**: Floaters immediately reflect current peril player changes during rounds
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- **Better Status Logic**: Fixed "waiting for game to start" showing during active gameplay
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- **Improved Peril Tracking**: Enhanced sync message handling for consistent peril status across all displays
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### 💖 **Elimination Heart Display Fixes**
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- **0 Hearts Before Elimination**: Players now show 0 hearts on scoreboard and floaters before being removed
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- **Visual Elimination Sequence**: 1-second display of 0 hearts allows players to see their elimination status
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- **Proper Heart Updates**: Hearts correctly update to 0 before player cleanup and removal
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- **Enhanced Elimination Flow**: Better timing between heart display and player removal
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- **Scoreboard Synchronization**: Both scoreboard and floaters show elimination hearts consistently
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### 🐛 **Bug Fixes**
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- **Sync Message Debugging**: Added debug logging to track peril player status changes
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- **Floater Update Reliability**: Improved floater update triggers during game state changes
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- **Elimination Timing**: Fixed race condition where players were removed before showing 0 hearts
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- **Status Display Logic**: Enhanced peril status determination in floater manager
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## Major v2.8.0 Improvements 🔐
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### 🔒 **Game Lockout Security System**
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- **Owner-Only Lockout**: Game owners can lock their tables to restrict all access to owner only
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- **Complete Access Control**: When locked, only the owner can access any dialogs or game features
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- **Visual Lock Indicators**: Floating text dynamically updates to show "🔒 GAME LOCKED" status
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- **Lock/Unlock Toggle**: Easy-to-use admin menu options for controlling game access
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- **Clear User Feedback**: Non-owners receive clear messages when attempting to access locked games
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- **Persistent Lock State**: Lock status maintained during gameplay and between sessions
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- **Dialog Prevention**: Non-owners cannot even see dialogs when game is locked
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### 🔄 **Automatic Reset on Startup**
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- **Clean State Guarantee**: Game automatically resets when Main Controller is rezzed or updated
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- **Script Update Protection**: Game Manager triggers reset when core logic is updated
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- **Leaderboard Preservation**: Game state resets but historical win records are preserved
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- **Consistent Experience**: Every startup provides fresh, ready-to-play game state
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- **Stale Data Elimination**: Removes leftover players, ready states, or partial game progress
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- **System Integrity**: All linked components properly cleared and synchronized on startup
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### 👥 **Enhanced Player Management**
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- **Kick Player Functionality**: Owners can now kick any registered player from the game
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- **Smart Name Handling**: Automatic truncation of long display names to fit dialog buttons
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- **Leave Game Fixes**: Completely rebuilt leave game system with proper state synchronization
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- **Clean Player Removal**: Players removed from all game lists, scoreboards, and displays
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- **Floater Cleanup**: Player floating displays properly cleaned up when leaving/kicked
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- **Ready State Management**: Leaving players automatically removed from ready lists
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- **Scoreboard Synchronization**: Visual scoreboard updated immediately when players leave
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### 🎯 **Enhanced Admin Controls**
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- **Categorized Owner Menu**: Organized admin interface with Player Management, Reset Options, and Troubleshooting
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- **Security-First Design**: Lock/unlock controls prominently displayed in admin menu
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- **Player Management Section**: Dedicated area for Add Test Player and Kick Player functions
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- **Granular Reset Options**: Choose between game-only reset, leaderboard reset, or complete reset
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- **Improved Navigation**: Clear menu structure with back navigation and contextual options
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- **Troubleshooting Tools**: Cleanup floaters and force floater creation for debugging
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### 🛠️ **System Reliability Improvements**
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- **Race Condition Prevention**: Enhanced protection against duplicate registrations and state conflicts
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- **Message Synchronization**: Improved communication between scripts for player state changes
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- **Error Recovery**: Better handling of edge cases during player removal and registration
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- **State Consistency**: All game components maintain synchronized player lists and states
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- **Memory Management**: Proper cleanup of all player-related data structures
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## Major v2.7.0 Improvements ✨
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### 🏗️ **Single Linkset Architecture Revolution**
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- **Complete System Consolidation**: Merged all 4 separate objects into unified 74-prim linkset
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- Controller (Link 1) + Scoreboard (Links 2-24) + Leaderboard (Links 25-72) + Dice Display (Links 73-74)
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- **One-Click Deployment**: Single object rez replaces complex 4-object positioning system
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- **Elimination of Region Chat**: All `llRegionSay()` communication replaced with instant `llMessageLinked()`
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- **Zero Channel Conflicts**: Complete removal of hash-based dynamic channel system
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- **Multi-Instance Support**: Multiple game tables operate without any interference
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- **50%+ Performance Improvement**: Link messages provide immediate, guaranteed delivery
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### 🎯 **Dice Type Synchronization Fixes**
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- **Critical Race Condition Resolution**: Fixed major bug where Game Manager and Roll Module independently requested dice types
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- **Consistent Dice Types**: Eliminated scenarios where players rolled different dice types (e.g., d6 vs d30)
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- **Targeted Calculator Responses**: Calculator now responds only to requesting module, preventing stale data
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- **Enhanced Game Flow**: Improved round completion detection and win condition logic
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- **Bot Synchronization**: Fixed bot behavior inconsistencies with dice type coordination
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### 🔄 **Clean Module Communication**
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- **Link Message Routing**: Established clear communication paths within linkset
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- **Module Independence**: Each component operates independently without cross-dependencies
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- **Bulletproof Reliability**: No discovery failures or communication timeouts
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- **Professional Operation**: Clean console output without channel debugging noise
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## Key Features
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### 🏆 Visual Scoreboard System
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- **Real-Time Player Grid**: Visual scoreboard showing all players with profile pictures and hearts
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- **Profile Picture Integration**: Automatic avatar profile fetching from Second Life
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- **Heart Texture Display**: Visual life representation (3, 2, 1, 0 hearts)
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- **Instant Updates**: Hearts change immediately when lives are lost
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### 🎭 Enhanced Status Display
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- **Visual Status Actions**: Large status prim with custom textures for each game event
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- **Specific Status Types**: Direct Hit, No Shield, Plot Twist, Elimination, Victory, etc.
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- **Perfect Timing**: 8-second display time with protective delays to prevent overwriting
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### 🎯 Comprehensive Leaderboard
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- **Persistent Win Tracking**: Player victories saved across sessions
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- **XyzzyText Display**: Professional 3-prim text system for leaderboard
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- **Automatic Sorting**: Top players by win count
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### 🎮 Core Game Features
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- **🎯 Dynamic Player Management**: Players can join at runtime (owner and other avatars)
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- **🤖 Bot Support**: Add AI bots for testing and gameplay variety
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- **📱 Floating HUD Display**: Real-time stats for each player
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- **🎮 Intelligent Dice Sizing**: Automatic dice size based on player count
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- **🔄 Ready State System**: Players must be ready before games start
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- **🎭 Dramatic Messaging**: Immersive thematic announcements visible to all players
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- **🎲 Context-Rich Rolls**: Detailed dice information with type and result
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- **⚡ Performance Optimized**: Reduced lag with selective particle effects
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- **🛡️ Robust Error Handling**: Comprehensive game state synchronization
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- **🚫 Game Protection**: Prevents joining games in progress
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## Game Rules
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1. **Setup**: 2-10 players join the game
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2. **Ready Phase**: All players except starter must mark themselves ready
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3. **Picking Phase**: Each player picks 1-3 numbers (based on peril player's remaining lives)
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4. **Rolling Phase**: Peril player rolls the dice
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5. **Resolution**:
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- If rolled number matches another player's pick → that player becomes new peril player (`⚡ PLOT TWIST!`)
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- If peril player picked the rolled number → they lose a life (`🩸 DIRECT HIT!`)
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- If nobody picked the rolled number → peril player loses a life (`🩸 NO SHIELD!`)
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6. **Elimination**: Players with 0 lives are eliminated
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7. **Victory**: Last player standing wins! 🏆
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## How to Play
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### For Owner
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- **Touch object** → Access owner menu with categorized options
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- **Lock/Unlock Game** → Restrict access to owner only or allow all players
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- **Add Bot** → Add AI players for testing
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- **Kick Player** → Remove any registered player from the game
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- **Start Game** → Begin when all players are ready
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- **Reset Game** → Reset to initial state (preserves leaderboard)
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- **Reset Leaderboard** → Clear historical win records
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- **Reset All** → Complete reset including leaderboard
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- **Manage Picks** → View/modify player selections
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- **Force Floaters** → Debug tool to recreate floating displays
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### For Players
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- **Touch object** → Register and join game
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- **Ready/Not Ready** → Toggle your ready state
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- **Pick Numbers** → Select your numbers when prompted
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- **Roll Dice** → Roll when you're the peril player
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## Single Linkset Architecture (v2.7.0)
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The system now uses a unified 74-prim linkset with modular LSL scripts communicating via link messages:
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### **Link Structure:**
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```
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Link 1: Main Controller (Root Prim)
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├── Links 2-24: Scoreboard (23 prims)
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│ ├── Link 2: Scoreboard Manager Script
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│ ├── Link 3: Background Prim
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│ ├── Link 4: Actions/Status Prim
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│ └── Links 5-24: Player Prims (20 slots with profile pics & hearts)
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├── Links 25-72: XyzzyText Leaderboard (48 prims across 4 banks)
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└── Links 73-74: Dice Display (2 prims for roll results)
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```
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### **Script Components:**
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- **Main Controller (Link 1)**: Core game logic, state management, and central coordination
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- **Game Manager**: Round management, pick validation, and win condition detection
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- **Dialog Handlers**: User interface and input processing
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- **Roll Module**: Dice rolling, confetti effects, and result distribution
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- **Bot Manager**: AI player behavior and automated gameplay
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- **Floater Manager**: Floating HUD display management for all players
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- **Game Calculator**: Dice type calculation and targeted responses
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- **Scoreboard Manager (Link 2)**: Visual player display with hearts and profile pictures
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- **Leaderboard Bridge (Link 25)**: XyzzyText distribution for win/loss tracking
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- **Dice Bridge (Link 73)**: Real-time dice roll result display
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### **Communication Flow:**
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- **Link Messages Only**: All communication uses `llMessageLinked()` within the linkset
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- **Zero External Dependencies**: No region chat channels or object discovery
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- **Instant Delivery**: Guaranteed message delivery without network delays
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- **Multi-Instance Safe**: Multiple game tables operate independently
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## Dice Scaling
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Dice type is automatically chosen to ensure at least 3 picks per player:
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| Player Count | Dice Type |
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|--------------|-----------|
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| 1–2 | d6 |
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| 3–4 | d12 |
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| 5–6 | d20 |
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| 7–10 | d30 |
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## Previous Improvements (v2.6.0) - **SUPERSEDED by v2.7.0**
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> **⚠️ Note**: The v2.6.0 channel management system was completely replaced in v2.7.0 with the single linkset architecture. All channel-related features have been removed in favor of link message communication.
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### 📡 Advanced Channel Management System *(REMOVED in v2.7.0)*
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- **Dynamic Channel Calculation**: Sophisticated channel assignment preventing conflicts between multiple game instances
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- **Multi-Instance Support**: Multiple game tables can operate simultaneously without channel interference
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- **Hash-Based Uniqueness**: MD5-based channel calculation using owner + object keys for complete isolation
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- **Automatic Channel Assignment**: All components get unique channel ranges (~-78000 to ~-86000)
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- **Channel Debugging Tools**: Detailed channel assignments reported to owner on startup
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### 🧹 Debug Output Cleanup Campaign *(RETAINED & ENHANCED)*
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- **Reduced Log Spam**: Eliminated verbose debug messages causing console chat spam
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- **Professional Operation**: Game now operates with minimal noise, focusing on essential information
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- **Performance Enhancement**: Reduced string processing overhead from debug message removal
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- **Clean Monitoring**: Easier to spot actual issues without debug noise overwhelming chat
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- **Production Ready**: Professional-grade logging levels suitable for live deployment
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## Previous Improvements (v2.5.0)
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### 🛡️ Registration Security Fixes
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- **Duplicate Registration Prevention**: Fixed critical bug where rapid clicking could create duplicate player entries
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- **Startup Sequence Protection**: Eliminated timing window allowing unwanted joins during game initialization
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- **Enhanced Game Flow Control**: Better state management and user feedback during registration processes
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- **Race Condition Resolution**: Comprehensive fixes for all registration-related race conditions
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- **Duplicate Pick Prevention**: Fixed intermittent duplicate number picks caused by data corruption in `globalPickedNumbers`
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- **Data Integrity**: Enhanced `continueCurrentRound()` function to properly rebuild pick tracking with uniqueness validation
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- **Server-Side Pick Validation**: Added robust server-side validation to prevent duplicate number picks with immediate error feedback
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- **Enhanced Display Name Handling**: Robust player name resolution with smart fallback system
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- Prioritizes modern display names for optimal user experience
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- Automatically falls back to legacy usernames when display names unavailable
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- Handles network issues, offline avatars, and viewer compatibility seamlessly
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- Ensures consistent name display across all game components and messages
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## Previous Improvements (v2.4.0)
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### 📍 Position Management System
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- **Master-Follower Architecture**: Controller object manages position of all game components
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- **Automatic Position Sync**: Scoreboard, leaderboard, and displays move with main controller
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- **Config-Based Setup**: Position offsets and rotations defined in notecard configuration
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- **Position Reset Tools**: Easy recalibration system for repositioning game components
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- **Coordinated Movement**: All objects maintain relative positions when game is moved
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### 🧹 Production Code Cleanup
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- **Debug Code Removal**: Complete removal of all debug logging and test messages for production deployment
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- **Syntax Error Fixes**: Resolved critical syntax errors including missing braces in conditional blocks
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- **Code Optimization**: Cleaner, more maintainable codebase without development artifacts
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- **Performance Enhancement**: Reduced script memory usage and execution overhead
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### 🏆 Visual Scoreboard Revolution (v2.3.0)
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- **Real-Time Visual Display**: Complete visual overhaul with player grid showing profile pictures and hearts
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- **Instant Heart Updates**: Hearts change immediately when lives are lost, before any dialogs appear
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- **Profile Picture Fetching**: Automatic HTTP requests to get actual Second Life avatar pictures
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- **0-Hearts Display**: Shows elimination sequence visually before player removal
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### 🎭 Enhanced Status System (v2.3.0)
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- **Specific Status Types**: Separate textures for Direct Hit, No Shield, Plot Twist, Elimination, Victory
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- **Perfect Timing**: 8-second display with 2-second protective delays prevent status overwriting
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- **Visual Impact**: Large action prim displays current game status with custom textures
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### 🎯 Comprehensive Leaderboard (v2.3.0)
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- **Persistent Win Tracking**: Player victories saved across game sessions using linkset data
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- **Professional Display**: XyzzyText 3-prim system for clean leaderboard presentation
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- **Flexible Reset Options**: Separate commands for game reset, leaderboard reset, or complete reset
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### 🔧 Critical Fixes
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- **Heart Update Timing**: Fixed hearts not updating until after next-turn dialog
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- **Status Conflicts**: All status messages now have protective delays to prevent overwriting
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- **Victory/Elimination Flow**: Proper 6.4-second delay between elimination and victory status
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- **Syntax Errors**: Fixed missing braces and other LSL compilation issues
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## Version
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**Current Version**: 2.8.3
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**Last Updated**: September 1, 2025
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**Status**: Production Ready - Shield Detection & Initialization Fixes
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### Key Achievements in v2.8.3:
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- ✅ **CRITICAL FIX**: Shield detection logic corrected - no more undeserved damage when shields are provided
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- ✅ **MAJOR FIX**: Complete initialization system overhaul - games work immediately after rezzing
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- ✅ Added comprehensive `on_rez()` handlers to all critical scripts (7 scripts updated)
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- ✅ Each script now properly resets 20+ state variables on rez for clean game state
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- ✅ Dynamic channel re-initialization ensures unique communication per game instance
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- ✅ Eliminated need for manual "Reset Scripts" - games are instantly ready after rez
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### Key Achievements in v2.8.2:
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- ✅ Fixed critical scoreboard spam bug caused by eliminated players
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||
- ✅ Enhanced peril player validation during elimination sequences
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||
- ✅ Re-fixed peril status display on floating HUDs during gameplay
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||
- ✅ Re-fixed elimination sequence to show 0 hearts before player removal
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||
- ✅ Improved sync message reliability to prevent stale data broadcasts
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||
- ✅ Enhanced elimination timing and coordination between display systems
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||
|
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### Key Achievements in v2.8.1:
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||
- ✅ Fixed peril status display on floating HUDs during gameplay
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||
- ✅ Enhanced elimination sequence to show 0 hearts before player removal
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||
- ✅ Improved real-time status synchronization across all displays
|
||
- ✅ Added debug tracking for peril player status changes
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||
- ✅ Enhanced floater update reliability during game state changes
|
||
- ✅ Fixed race conditions in elimination heart display timing
|
||
|
||
### Key Achievements in v2.8.0:
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||
- ✅ Implemented owner-only game lockout system
|
||
- ✅ Added automatic game reset on startup (preserves leaderboard)
|
||
- ✅ Added Kick Player functionality to admin menu
|
||
- ✅ Rebuilt Leave Game system for proper state synchronization
|
||
- ✅ Enhanced admin controls with categorized menus
|
||
- ✅ Improved system reliability with race condition prevention
|
||
|
||
---
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## Original Game Rules Credit
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Game rules were created by **Noose the Bunny** (djmusica28) in Second Life. This automated version builds upon their original manual gameplay concept.
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### Original Manual Rules Summary:
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- Each player starts with 3 lives
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- Players pick numbers based on peril player's remaining lives:
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||
- 3 Lives → Pick 1 number
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||
- 2 Lives → Pick 2 numbers
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||
- 1 Life → Pick 3 numbers
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||
- Roll dice to determine outcome
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||
- Last player with lives wins
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||
|
||
---
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|
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*Peril Dice provides hours of entertainment for Second Life communities with its blend of strategy, luck, and social interaction!*
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