Support Portal: Quickstart Guide

Welcome to Bergson Bowling!

The first player to log in is the Lane Manager.

The designated Lane Manager should click on the LCM screen and Reserve the lane.

As you log in, the lane will offer a Bowling Ball attachment.

If you have never used the Bergson Bowling experience before you may also be prompted to allow the experience.

Have the rest of the players join the lane by clicking on the LCM and selecting Log In.

Experience Mode

If the SL experience option is enabled by the lane's owner, players will be asked to accept permission to join the experience. This is required to attach and detach the bowling ball, read your mouse input and animate your avatar.
 
 

Non-Experience Mode

If SL experience is not enabled, the lane will offer the player a ball attachment to their inventory. Attach the ball by right clicking and choosing to Add the object. (Note: Choosing wear might detach items already attached to your hands so choose Add.) You will be asked to grant permissions to the ball for animating and reading mouse inputs.

Playing The Game

Once all players are logged in and have bowling balls attached, the Lane Manager can start the game by returning to the LCM and selecting Start from the menu.

Players will take turns in bowling. The lane will indicate whose turn it is.

To Bowl enter Mouse Look mode (M or Mouse Wheel Up) left click and hold to increase power while aiming at the pins.

There are more features to the bowling system such as Ball Hooking and Customization options, which you can discover in the full player's manual on Google documents.

Inventory Contents

Inside your Begrson Bowling System delivery folder you will have the following items:

  • Bergson Bowling Lane
  • Bergson Bowling CCM
  • Bergson Bowling High Scores Board (optional)
  • Bergson Bowling Quick Start Sign (optional)
  • Bergson Bowling Theme - Double Lane (optional)

Rez the CCM unit

Drop a new CCM object somewhere in world and reposition it.
 

The CCM (Central Control Module) tracks lane installs, settings, and player logins to prevent players joining multiple lanes.

Enable the Bergson Bowling Experience

Ensure the experience is enabled at your location.

In Parcel Settings -> Experiences. Add 'Bergson Bowling' to the allowed experiences.


 
If you do not wish to allow the experience you can turn off experience mode from the CCM menu Settings > Experience.

Installing the lane(s).

Drop lanes from your inventory to your parcel and reposition them.

Don't copy lanes. Use fresh copies of each lane from your inventory.

Each lane has a Local Control Module screen that lets you interact with the lane. Click on the screen and choose Install.

The lane will talk to the CCM unit and ask you to pick a lane number. When you select a number, the lane will install the pins and ball.

Each lane requires 11 free land impact to install 10 pins and a ball. Our lanes keep pins rezzed always to minimise the impact on a region's asset server and deleted object recycler which can cause lag spikes.

Installing the lane.

Your lane is now installed. You can repeat the process to add more lanes to your alley. For information on game settings and customization options check the full owner's manual on Google documents.

See the player guide for how to start a game.