{"id":58,"date":"2012-11-18T23:08:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T04:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autonomycontrolsystems.wordpress.com\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2017-01-01T15:42:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T20:42:26","slug":"enjoying-constructs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acs-hub.net\/?page_id=58","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying Constructs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People often wonder, &#8220;What can I do with a construct?&#8221; The possible answers are limitless, but here are some ideas. Of course, not all units are equally capable of all of these tasks. If you ask a unit to do a task it isn&#8217;t programmed for, you&#8217;re not likely to get the results you wanted. (It still could be entertaining.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the real world, robots are used to do tasks humans find tedious or distasteful or simply aren&#8217;t good at. ACS units can be used this way too:\n<ul>\n<li>Have them find the perfect item for you on the Marketplace or in-world stores, and report back to you where you can buy it.<\/li>\n<li>Have them make textures, sound effects, animations, or other things you may want.<\/li>\n<li>Have them clean. Sure, SL doesn&#8217;t have much of a representation for things being dirty, but you can use your imagination. Just be sure to keep it interesting. Give the robot something to do besides emote, &#8220;\/me washes the dishes&#8221; or &#8220;\/me sorts the books alphabetically.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Many units have valuable knowledge they can use on your behalf:\n<ul>\n<li>Have them give you a tour of a sim you&#8217;re not familiar with.<\/li>\n<li>Have them teach you to do something new.<\/li>\n<li>Have them share information about their past.<\/li>\n<li>Some units can provide opinions on your new look, your profile, your web page, or other things you want to have present a good impression of you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Constructs can often store and organize information:\n<ul>\n<li>Have a unit collect information from people or places, organize it for you, and give you a report of the results.<\/li>\n<li>Have them locate information you want (in SL, on the web) and direct you to it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Various kinds of constructs make good companions:\n<ul>\n<li>A doll can be source of quiet beauty, offer you positive affirmations, or reassure you.<\/li>\n<li>Sex dolls and sex androids will of course have sex with you upon request, with varying degrees of skill, interest, and flexibility.<\/li>\n<li>Constructs can participate in many different kinds of games with you. They can be instructed to let you win, to give you a difficult challenge, or even to distract other players.<\/li>\n<li>Holding a party or convention? Have androids direct guests to their destinations, serve drinks, eject undesirables, or provide information.<\/li>\n<li>Some androids are so sophisticated they can almost seem like genuine lovers or friends, if you want them to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A construct doesn&#8217;t have to do anything to be valuable. Many are simply beautiful, and can be posed and dressed as decoration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep in mind that while some constructs are programmed to display human-like emotions and preferences, they are only simulations. You needn&#8217;t feel obligated to cater to a construct&#8217;s desires. They were created to serve our needs.? ((That said, <em>do<\/em> check in OOC with the construct&#8217;s typist\/player if you&#8217;re concerned that what you want might be unacceptable to them, and respect requests made out of character.))<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People often wonder, &#8220;What can I do with a construct?&#8221; The possible answers are limitless, but here are some ideas. Of course, not all units are equally capable of all of these tasks. If you ask a unit to do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acs-hub.net\/?page_id=58\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":688,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[44],"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acs-hub.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acs-hub.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acs-hub.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acs-hub.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acs-hub.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acs-hub.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1435,"href":"https:\/\/acs-hub.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/1435"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acs-hub.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acs-hub.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acs-hub.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ffolder&post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}