2013 Help: Home points and login settings

• Home points 
• Login settings
• Beginner helps

Login window with 

entry point options
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The instructions here apply to the standard Second Life viewer, 3.2 or above; they may not apply to other viewers.
Home, Home point. 

• A specific safe  location that the system remembers for you.
• Quick access: click on the house, top left of screen.
• Where you first arrive in Second Life is your initial home point. You will always arrive at this point until you set home to a new place or change the some login settings.
• Place you will return to if you "die" in a game.

Where can I set my home point?

• On any info hub, such as the Hobo Railroad infohub.
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Calleta/110/221/29 
• On land you own 
• On land owned by a group you are in if the group allows that.

To set home to your current location (if permitted)

World (Top menu)-- Set Home to Here .

You may need to have the group activated if you are on group land.
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Login Settings
You can choose a login point before you login.   If you don't see the Start at option  (screenshot above) on your screen, get it this way:

• Click the preferences button: V3.2 Preferences button (gears)
• Click the General tab
• Set the Start Location
• Check Show on Login 

Preferences, General tab

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When you next start to login, the screen will show the start at options.  The drop-down menu may show My home or My last Location and <Type region name>.  If you select  <Type region name> , you can enter a slurl or the name of a sim. 

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A home is not a house. Your home point is just a point, not a house.  If you want a house, there are various ways to get them  There are several houses in the Hobo Welcome Kit,

available on hobo Island.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hobo%20Island/97/168/36

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