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StrayCats Updater (V1.44)                      (see note below)

STRAY CATS UPDATE - 1.44 IS MANDATORY.

Please read this Notecard completely.

This update, the last part of the server migration process, is necessary to allow your cats to communicate 'directly' with the new server and get them completely off the old server.

Get the Latest V1.44a Updater at CATS-HQ.   It’s free!

You only need to do this if you have older Stray Cats that are still any version below 1.44a (such as 1.40, 1.41 or 1.42).

 

Using the UPDATER:   Rez out the Updater provided.

A large light blue shadow circle is shown.  

We ask that you test your Updater initially with just a couple cats, to make sure it is functioning properly for you and that your sim is working properly too.

Then you can do batches of up to 30 cats/kittens/shells at a time.

Please put up to 30 shells or cats in the circle for updating.

Click the Updater,  choose 'Kittens (shells)' or 'Cats' depending on what you put in the circle.    And wait.  

Each one will be replaced with 1.44 versions.  

And those are now fully on the new server and updated!   

*Please know that when updating LIVE CATS they will come fresh out the server updated in kitten size.  This is normal, and it will take about an hour, but they will pop back to normal size.    The size will not have any effect on their breeding or dropping babies.

DO NOT RUN SIMULTANEOUS UPDATERS!  PLEASE.

Not more than 30 cats/shells at a time.....at all.   

The server may be overwhelmed with more requests than that, and kittens will be lost.

In local chat the Updater will show which kitties it has done.  You will see all their IDs.  If any do not appear for you, please note them in a NC and send to Nic to retrieve for you.

If all are finished and showing 1.44 but the Updater is saying 'please wait'  you can pick it up and put it back out.   

Then on to the next batch.

We realize this could take some time.  That is why we have allowed two months.

* LIVE CATS will come out of the Updater little, kitten-size.  But they will function normally and will POP back to full size within an hour or so.

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REMEMBER NEW FOOD AND MILK!  

The 1.44a cats will need V3 (version 3) food and milk bowls.  They cannot eat from older V2 bowls.

So please delete your old bowls using the bowls menu, so that the food/milk stored inside them goes back onto your account in the server.

GET NEW BOWLS with the Cat HUD v1.44 or at the main Stray Cats shop.

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ALSO - Once the cats have been updated, their settings revert to the normal default settings for all cats, that is:   Range 15m, Auto-Breed On, Accessories Off, Movement Off, Animations & Sounds On, Birth messages On.

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After using the Updater, you will notice that the cats and shells are now labeled a little differently.  We did that so that you could easily detect them in your inventory from the old ones (that still need updating).

Old v1.43 and earlier versions - Shells = 'Stray Cats Unborn Kitten - "

new v1.44 = "Stray Cats Kitten - "

for live cats, old v1.43 = 'Stray Cat - name of cat '

new v1.44 live cats = 'Stray Cats - name '   (has an S)

You will notice a few little visible changes with this update.

    1.  You can now use up to 26 characters in naming your cats.

    2.  The pregnancy-pink color is now more defined and noticeable.

There is other stuff, but that is 'under the hood' allowing us abilities for future expansion.

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ABOUT SPECIAL or FLOOK KITTIES:  For those of you that have 'special' server-burp kitties - those kitties that didn't come out quite right, that you wish to keep the mistake (lol), please take a clear screenshot please (so we can read the writing), with the cat and it's traits.  

Write the cat's and your information and the screenshot link in a Notecard for us, so that we can 'recreate' the mistake for you, after the Update.

When updating, if you have any issues with a particular cat, it probably needs attention.  Please contact Nic in-world to get it fixed.

   Some messages you might get:

   The pet specified does not exist.                                 - Means that cat has been destinied.  

(Version: 812c ID: 0 Error ID: 394587, Code: 6)               Sometimes with LL sim maintenance and Rollbacks, shells might get

                                                                                          duplicated.  You can simply delete that one.

   ~Saying it’s a duplicate.                                               - Get to Nic.  She will re-pull a new original for you.

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Please encourage your friends and anyone you know breeding or having our Cats, even that might have some from the past, to update.

As always, I am here to help in any way.

Love always,

Nic♥

General Manager of Stray Cat

NOTE

URGENT REMINDER:    VERSION 1.43 OR EARLIER - DO NOT WORK!    

We are still seeing people selling old versions.  Please be courteous to your fellow breeders and UPDATE.

Any of you with 1.43 or earlier versions of cats, you MUST update them to Version 1.44.

For all v1.44 cats, you need V3 bowls.  

Old V2 bowls no longer work -  Please delete them, and REMEMBER, your foods are stored on the server in your account.  

V3 bowls will automatically load your food and milk.

If you do still have older versions, you can update them if they are yours.   

You will NOT be able to update older versions of cats/shells if they were given to you, or purchased AFTER November 1, 2020.

Please contact Nic (Nicolyti Resident) to update for you.

Do NOT BUY OR SELL v1.43 or earlier versions of cats. Their ownership will NOT change.  They will not work.