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KittyCatS Team

Sep 202011
 

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KittyCatS! Update V1.09
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Hello to our AMAZING KittyCatS Owners!

WE ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED ABOUT THIS UPDATE !!! We have worked really hard to bring you 2 very cool new features and we hope you are as excited about them as we are! :) DID WE TELL YOU WE’RE EXCITED???????

And… once again, we want to thank you for being a part of our community. Each of you contribute in some way that makes our awesome community what it is and we truly appreciate what you bring to the KittyCatS! experience.

Ok so let’s get RIGHT TO IT and let you know what’s coming inside your little can-o-update! :)

NOTE: If this is your first time doing an update with KittyCatS! the process is very simple. Yes, you heard right, VERY simple. (At the bottom of this note are the simple steps on how to update)

HIGHLIGHTS

Introducing: LESS IS MORE – a prim-saving feature.

KittyCatS! proudly introduces our “Less Is More” feature. What is less is more? Simply put, it turns your cat into an 8 prim cat when in use (Yes, 5 or 6 prims saved on each cat!). For our introduction we offer 3 different options, for your cats to “rest” in.

In this update, a natural woven basket, a wooden water bucket they love to bathe in, and a decorative container. These 3 are a sampling of more to come in future updates. We hope you enjoy this feature! Now you can perhaps rez some of your furniture, houses, trees and all the other things you’ve had to get rid of as your cats pushed you out of house and home! :) Perhaps even get your partner back!!! And for those of you who wanted even MORE room for cats… you will LOVE this!

For KittyCatS HUD owners the low prim setting can be set trough the HUD as well all at once, including a handy “randomize” button which assigns a random low prim pose to each of your cats :)

Introducing: PET N’ PLAY – “any time, anywhere, any cat”

Ever wish you could just pet your Kitty and relax under a tree? Wish you could pamper them with lots of love? Spoil them like they demand? :) Well NOW you can! The Pet N’ Play feature allows to you Pet & Play with ANY KittyCatS you want! Simply right click, hit “pet” and go!** We have dreamt of this feature since before we launched and we are SO happy to finally be able to bring it to you! Our hope is that it will add a whole new dimension to your experience with KittyCatS! We have loved making it. It has been one of our greatest challenges so far on many levels and we really hope you love it.

**On Third-Party viewers, if “Pet” is not visible use “Sit” instead!

Our scripter did a really amazing job with this so make sure to let him know when ya see him! :)

A very special thank goes to Adorkable Peapod of Adorkable Poses who worked closely with the team on the animation designs and poses. She contributed so much heart and time into her work and we really appreciate all the work she did and many changes, adjustments, and changes….. adjustments… and… :) She is awesome!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the infinite number of avatar size possibilities and cat sizes it is impossible to “fit” the avatar to the cat perfectly with the limitations we have in SL. For best results you may need to adjust your shape depending on how much you want to “perfect” the placement. (the best way for this is to make a COPY of your shape, name it “KittyCatS petting shape” and adjust things like height, arm length etc. THIS IS NOT NECESSARY, but a suggestion for those who may want to get the adjustment factor closer if it’s off for them.)

ADDITIONS

New Love Indicators: When your cat is ready to breed it will now show you 2 HEARTS :) Also when your cat has some vitamins left in it, the Love symbol will show as a clear heart, meaning you can’t give it more vitamins.
Ofcourse, the cat still needs a partner KittyCat in range to be able to breed :)
Here is an example of how it will now look.

  • Cats will now look around a bit when just standing :)
  • For KittyCatS HUD owners: Set Home For All your cats at once!
  • Perma-Pets can now be configured to only show the name, the gender or both. This setting will be reminded after an update and, for KittyCatS HUD owners, can be set through the hud as well!
  • You can now turn the text of boxes on or off at once with 2 handy buttons :) YAY!!!!

CHANGES

  • The Menagerie & breeding off confirmation dialogs now show “No” as their left button as some who are uncertain about the result, assumed to use the first button as the safer option, even though it wasn’t.
  • The default sales value of cats, boxes and jewels is now preset to 1000 lindens, to avoid any accidental “10 linden sales”.
  • The cats size calculation as shown in the info is now more accurate, which could mean it will report 1cm more or less. Main reason for this change are the low prim cats, which “didn’t work” with the old system.
  • Hover text color of Perma-Pets & Boxes now matches those of cats.

FIXES

Boxes:

  • Objects owned by the owner of the box will no longer be “able” to name a box if they “say” something while the owner is naming it.

Cats:

  • Giving energy vitamins while a cat is sleeping, which would increase the energy to over 100%, will now set the energy to 100% and wake up the cat, rather then a very low energy value and continue to sleep.
  • Possible fix for Perma-Pets ending up with a disproportional head for a short time (Yes, we need your help here, keep reporting the problem if it still occurs!).
  • Cats will now better detect very irregular parcel borders and walk around more freely when set to parcel range.
  • Possible fix for a few cases where the dad didn’t break up its partnership after mating.

HUD

  • The HUD will now always load cats after a bad crash or bad teleport.
  • clicking on an empty space for huds with 4 or less cats displayed will no longer give a script error message.

Jewels

  • Jewels will now update their ownership faster on our website. (only for new jewels)

Recent News!!!

Make sure you check out website out for our new “KittyCatS of the Month” challenge!
So…… That sums up this update! Note! Again, thank you for your continued support, feedback and enthusiasm!

You’re the BEST!

The KittyCatS! Team

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HOW TO UPDATE
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In the coming 24 hours your cats will start to show an “UPDATE ME” tag.
As soon as they do, the UPDATE button will be available in your cats menu to obtain an updater.
As of that point, you have 2 weeks to update your cats.
Make sure you have at least 30 prims available when you run the updater.

EASY AS 1,2,3 updating steps:

1. Click the “UPDATE” button in the menu of your cat and it will give you an updater.
2. Rez the Updater
3. Click the “can of Update” and watch it as it updates all your cats and boxes! The updater will give KittyCatS HUD owners a new HUD as well.

No need to move cats, re rez them, group them, travel to sandboxes, pull your hair, or anything! It’s REALLY that easy. :) yay!
All settings for your cat will be kept, including the group. Only if you had a cat or box for sale, you will have to put them for sale again…

Your KittyCatS Team

©2011 KittyCatS!. All rights reserved. All information contained in this notecard is © KittyCatS! and may not be used without permission.

Sep 182011
 

KittyCatS introduces the “KittyCatS Of The Month” challenge!

Every month a special KittyCatS! will be selected to breed for. The rules are simple and it’s easy to participate! To be considered a match, your cat/kitten box must meet the specified traits. Cats that match all 9 traits, and only cats that match all 9 traits, are considered matches for the “KittyCatS! of the Month”. Anyone who breeds the “KittyCat Of The Month” during the month specified will be rewarded with a KittyCatS Jewel.

The first person who breeds one will get a KittyCatS Diamond, the second will get a KittyCatS Ruby and everyone else who breeds one will get a KittyCatS Emerald.

You can track the current KittyCatS of the month announcements and results on our website at KittyCatS of the Month.

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1. If I breed more than one of the special cats, can I get more than one jewel? YES
2. Can I buy the “KittyCatS Of The Month” cat? NO. It must be self-bred. However you can go buy cats to help breed for it!
3. Where can we see the results as the month progresses? The results will be published on our website: KittyCatS of the Month.

We hope you all enjoy this little monthly challenge! Good luck and have fun!

Aug 272011
 

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KittyCatS! Presents
the Comic CatS! Contest
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We are so excited to be hosting a KittyCatS! comic contest! We love the creativity our community has shown and think this will be a fun way to see it in a different way! Also… the cats have been bugging us for a LONG time to do this!

COMPLETE RULES:

ENTRY:
1. format must be 512×512
2. comics must contain at least 2 panels or “story boards”.
3. each comic must have a KittyCatS! cat in it.
4. entries must be PG rated.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:
• September 6th at 11:59 PM SL time.
• Submit by sending your pictures to Equinox Pinion full perm
send them in a folder named: Comic Contest and name them individually ” (your name) and (texture number)
• example on how to name panels:
Equinox Pinion – Panel 1 of 2
Equinox Pinion – Panel 2 of 2

JUDGING AND WINNERS:
• winners will be chosen by a combination of a community vote and a KittyCatS! judging panel.
• community voting will begin September 7th on the KittyCatS! sim and end on September 12th September 2011
• Winners will be announced on September 13th.

PRIZES:
• prize will be 10k for First Place, 5K for Second Place, 3k for Third Place.

SUBMISSION STANDARDS:
• All submitted work must be original and not infringe on the intellectual property of anyone else.
• All entrants agree their submissions become the sole property of KittyCatS! and may be used for promotional purposes.

By submitting a comic to this contest, you agree to have read and understand this information and agree to it.

NOW… LET’S HAVE FUN!!! we can’t WAIT to see what you come up with!!!

The KittyCatS! Team

Aug 132011
 

Today the “Platinum Hunt” starts and KittyCatS! will be a part of it! We wanted to make sure you ALL knew about this awesome hunt!

You can see the 100 designers and content creators that were invited on the website here! This is the second “Platinum Hunt” and it’s a GREAT event! KittyCatS! is proud to be a part of it! The hunt begins at 4pm on August 12, 2011 and lasts until August 31, 2011!  We’ve included the starting landmark below. Good luck and happy hunting! :)

Start your Platinum Hunt here!

Your KittyCatS Team

©KittyCatS! all rights reserved.

Aug 122011
 

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KittyCatS! Vitamins adjustments!

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Hi KittyCatS Addicts!

After the changes to the food & milk that we recently made, we also made some usability improvements to the vitamins. :)

FAST FACTS:

* Every Bottle now has an “Other Cat… ” Button in its menu, which allows you to say the name of a cat you own to apply it to.
This should be an easy alternative to the previous method of having to place the cat and bottle right next to each other. Perfect for owners of KittyCatS! in close quarters!

* Single Item Bottles are no longer packaged: what you get from the vendor can be rezzed and used immediately!
This saves you some time, and eliminates the need for both rezzing and unpacking the packages – fewer chances for SL to eat your product! :)
The product notecards are given to you automatically in a folder when you rezz the single item.
6-packs of vitamins are still packaged.

* Safeguard: Love Vitamins can be no longer applied to KittyCatS already at 100% love.

These changes apply to:

  • Energy5 & 10
  • Love5 & 10
  • Happy5 & 10
  • Catnap & Catnap 0%
  • Break Up
  • Get Well
  • Perma-Pet & Perma-Pet 120
  • Love Drops

Teleport to Main Store

Enjoy!
Your KittyCatS Team

©KittyCatS! all rights reserved.

Aug 072011
 

The KittyCatS! sim features more than just our main store. There’s gardens, picnic tables, boats to lounge in, and many places to sit and relax. And we’re super excited about our newest addition to the sim – The Dock @KittyCatS!

Built by Barnesworth Anubis, one of Second Life’s most prolific builders, and designed and decorated by Barnes and our very own Callie Cline, The Dock @KittyCatS! is intended to be a place of fun and relaxation for all! The Dock is home to our Neo Realms Fishing location where you can fish for fun or participate in one of our KittyCatS! Fishing Tournaments, run by our own Equinox Pinion!

Callie’s eye for aesthetics and beauty is well-known in Second Life, and especially so at KittyCatS! It’s the little details that make The Dock such a fun place to be – soft lighting, swimming turtles, floating lilies.

Our KittyCatS! especially love The Dock, and you can be sure to see several of them lounging about, enjoying the sea breeze. I wonder what they’re looking at?

So we invite you and your KittyCats to come relax with us at The Dock, and enjoy the atmosphere. See you there! :)

Teleport to The Dock @KittyCatS!

Aug 062011
 

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KittyCatS! ALL-IN-ONE Food & Milk!

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Hi all :)

We’ve heard your suggestions and made some changes to the KittyCatS! Food & Milk =)

FAST FACTS:

* Sim wide and normal food are now in one bowl which can be easily configured to be sim-wide, parcel-wide or range based.

* You now can buy just 1 sim wide food or milk bowl at a time if you like :)

* With the sim wide and parcel settings now available, you now have more freedom in the ranges you set your cats to roam and won’t need to worry about them not eating.

* Single Item bowls no longer come in a package carton, you will now just get the bowl instantly from the vendor into your inventory. This will help in “lost food” issues. (since there are less unpacking stages that way)

* For packs 5 and up, we have made the “packages” smaller so you can use them for your decorating or to put in your SL kitchens or whatever you want :)

SPECIAL NOTE FOR KittyCatS! Auto Feeder Owners:
Since the current Auto Feeders don’t support this new food completely, you will be automatically given a Auto Feeder System as soon as you buy the new food or milk. Please leave the old food in the old server till it runs out. You can setup the new Auto feeder server and mats alongside the old one.

Enjoy!
Your KittyCatS Team

©KittyCatS! all rights reserved.

Aug 042011
 

KittyCatS! is privileged to be a recipient of a CHIC Award for best New Product!

The CHIC Awards

The CHIC Awards are given in recognition of an individual or company’s hard work in their respective industry, and we at KittyCatS are SO proud to have been recognized!

We’re also proud of our very own Callie Cline, for being recognized with her own CHIC Award for being an exceptional Role Model to others. KittyCatS! is lucky to have Callie working on our team! Way to go Callie! :)

Thank you CHIC Management for your recognition, and thanks to our wonderful community for supporting us! :)