Versions, Versions, Versions! Be a Smart Shopper.

ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ has been in Second Life since 2011. Over 7 years, we've made many improvements & released a number of updates. In order to ensure the best end-user experience, it's always best to have plants that are at the current version or that have been properly updated so their offspring will be the current version..

Versions & Versions

For a variety of reasons, the ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ update process doesn't change the plant you "update." Instead, it sets up the plant so that its offspring will have the updated version. This means that to know the version & update status of a plant you need to check two things:

GUEST MENU
If you don't see a Stats button, the
Seller has plant set to "Private."

Plant Version - Click on the plant & select "Stats" from the menu. This is the version of the plant you are looking at. If you're shopping & the plants are set "Private" -- with no "Stats" option in the Guest Menu -- our recommendation is to move on to another seller. (Some auctions set plants as "Private" to cut down on chat spam; in that case, the auctioneer should be posting Stats and Parent info for you anyway.)

Inventory Item Properties Box
shows Ovule Version.

Ovule Version - Inside every plant is an "ovule." This is what produces offspring. If the mother plant has been updated, the ovule may have a different version from the plant that contains it.

To check the ovule version, right-click on the plant & select "Edit" from the menu. Then navigate to the Contents tab of the Edit window, right-click on the ovule, select "Properties" & note the number in the Description field of the Inventory Item Properties box.

Important: A plant's version doesn't have to match the ovule version.  

So What Does a Smart Shopper Need to Know?

1. If the plant is any Version 4 & the ovule is the latest version, you're good to go. Of course, the best case scenario is that both the plant & the ovule are the latest version!
    
2. If the plant is a Version 2 or Version 3 & the ovule is the same version or Version 3.03, the plant is OK but has not been updated. Since this update requires a two step "bridge" process, the seller is avoiding some work (or doesn't know any better). Depending on how the plant is priced, you may want to "negotiate."
    
3. If the plant is a Version 2 or Version 3 & the ovule says "bridge," the plant has not been fully updated.  This will take an additional generation to fix, so definitely look at the pricing on these items. And if you aren't familiar with the bridge process, you might want to just keep looking.
    
4. If the ovule version is lower than the plant version, the plant has been improperly updated. This is fixable -- but it suggests the seller is paying less than 100% attention to their wares.
    
5. If the plant is a Version 2 or Version 3 & the ovule is the latest version, the plant has been improperly updated.  It can be fixed, if you know what you're doing, but you are either dealing with a grower who doesn't know what they're doing or a grower who's in a hurry to take your money. The official advice in this case is "buyer beware!"
    
6. It really doesn't matter for males. The ovule in males is nonfunctional. Your main concern with males is whether or not the plant itself is the current version, so you have all the latest & greatest features.