SL CHAT OVERLAY
Never miss
a message.
New Second Life messages pop up above your other windows.
If your browser blocks the download or Windows shows a SmartScreen warning, choose “Keep” or “Run anyway”.
GETTING STARTED
A few steps to get started.
- 01 /
Register with your HUD.
Wear it in Second Life, click Register, and wait for confirmation.
- 02 /
Choose your account folder.
Download and open the app. Go to Settings and select your account’s chat log folder to unlock.
- 03 /
Enable viewer transcripts.
In SL viewer Preferences → Privacy → Logs & Transcripts, enable nearby chat transcripts and save IM / group logs.
GOOD TO KNOW
Good to know.
User guide
1. Wear the HUD → click 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 → wait for success message
2. Click 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 the app → Open. No installation needed
3. SL viewer Preferences → Privacy → Logs & Transcripts:
• For nearby chat, enable 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁
• For IM and group, check 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘀
4. Click App ⚙️𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 → choose your account's chat log folder to unlock. You can find the folder location in SL viewer → Preferences → Network & Files → Directories → Conversation logs and transcripts
⚠️Click Register, and select your new folder again after an account name change
For mainstore purchases, right-click the item > menu > [Redelivery]. For marketplace purchases, go to [My Marketplace] > [My Account] > [Order History] > [Redeliver Item]. Please drop a notecard to the owner if you need customer support to prevent potential IM caps.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need to install it?
- No. Download and run the portable EXE. Windows 11 x64 with .NET Framework 4.8 or later is required.
- How do I unlock the app?
- Wear your registration HUD, click Register, then choose your account’s chat log folder in the app. Downloading the app does not replace registration.
- Why are messages missing?
- Enable nearby chat transcripts and IM / group logging in your SL viewer. Select your account’s transcript folder, rather than the parent viewer folder.
- Are conversations uploaded?
- The app reads local transcripts. It does not upload your chat content. Registration and update checks contact the seller’s service; read the privacy statement below.
- Why does Windows show a warning?
- If the application has few downloads or lacks a publisher signature, your browser may block the download or Windows may show a SmartScreen warning. Choose “Keep” to keep the download or “Run anyway” to open the application. You do not need to disable Windows security protection.
Changelog
v1.0 Initial Release
Privacy Policy
Clicking Register or checking for updates sends only your Second Life username, avatar UUID, timestamp, and product name via HTTPS for license verification and updates, without capturing passwords, hardware IDs, or modifying viewer files. You can request data correction or deletion anytime via email or an in-world notecard. While the software can read local viewer chat logs if selected, it never saves or uploads them.
EULA
SL Chat Overlay — END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
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Effective date: 8 October 2026
Author / publisher: 41m
Contact: 41mmade@gmail.com
Official release page: https://41m.pages.dev/tools/sl-chat-overlay/
This agreement applies to the author's SL Chat Overlay software.
It does not grant rights to Second Life, any SL viewer, or content
owned by other people.
GRANT OF USE
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Subject to this agreement and any applicable account registration
requirements, the author grants you a non-exclusive license to:
- run this portable software for personal or commercial purposes;
- make copies for your own backup or personal use;
These permissions do not grant access to another person's account,
private information, or services for which you lack authorization.
The author retains copyright in the author's own software. Rights
not expressly granted are reserved, subject to applicable law and
any third-party licenses.
RESTRICTIONS AND REDISTRIBUTION
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You may not:
- sell the software itself or modified copies of it;
- redistribute the software or modified copies without the
author's prior written permission;
- misrepresent its origin or remove the author's copyright notices;
- use it to access accounts or information without authorization.
You may freely share the official release-page link so that others
can obtain the software from the author.
Any authorized redistribution must include this agreement and all
applicable notices, unaltered, unless the author expressly agrees
otherwise. The author may withdraw an individually granted
redistribution permission for future distribution by written notice.
That withdrawal does not by itself cancel the use rights of users
who already received permitted copies.
These restrictions apply to the author's code. They do not override
rights granted by applicable law or by a third-party license in its
respective component.
USER CONTENT
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Chat messages, chat logs, names, and other user or third-party
content remain the property of their respective owners. This
agreement does not give the author ownership of your chat content,
or grant you rights to other people's content.
You are responsible for having the rights and permissions necessary
to access, display, copy or share content, and for complying with
applicable privacy laws and platform rules. The software does not
grant permission to disclose private conversations.
REGISTRATION, NETWORK ACCESS AND UPDATES
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The software may require registration for the selected Second Life
account before chat display is enabled. License verification uses
an online service and may retain a local license cache. Availability
of that service or of cached access is not guaranteed indefinitely.
When you click Check for updates, the software checks online update
information. If a newer version is available, it asks whether to
download it. Declining leaves your current program unchanged.
Accepting downloads and verifies the update, then replaces the local
program and restarts it. Keep backups of anything important before
updating. Network, file-permission or other errors may prevent an
update from completing.
This agreement does not promise future updates, ongoing support, or
uninterrupted compatibility with Windows or an SL viewer. Privacy
and data-handling information is provided separately in
Software-security-and-privacy.txt.
WINDOWS SECURITY NOTICE
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This portable app is unsigned. Windows SmartScreen may identify it
as an unrecognized app or show an unknown publisher. A reputation
warning is not, by itself, proof that a file is malicious or safe.
Download only from the official release channel and verify the
source before running it. Using this software does not require you
to disable Windows security protection.
NO WARRANTY
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TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED
"AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. THE AUTHOR DOES NOT GUARANTEE ERROR-
FREE OPERATION, ACCURACY, SECURITY, OR UNINTERRUPTED AVAILABILITY.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE AUTHOR SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR CLAIMS, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY ARISING FROM
THE SOFTWARE OR ITS USE, INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, LOST PROFITS,
INTERRUPTION, OR UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF USER CONTENT.
Nothing in this agreement excludes or limits rights, remedies,
warranties or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
If a provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue
to apply to the extent permitted by law.
THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS
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Any third-party component is governed by its own applicable license.
Nothing in this agreement overrides that license or restricts rights
it grants for that component. Windows, .NET and SL viewers are
separate products governed by their respective terms.
TRADEMARKS AND INDEPENDENCE
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Second Life and SL are trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. This
product is independent of Linden Lab and is not affiliated with,
sponsored by, or endorsed by Linden Research, Inc. Other trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.
ACCEPTANCE
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By using this software, you agree to this agreement to the extent
permitted by applicable law. If you do not agree, do not use it.
For questions or redistribution permission, contact:
41mmade@gmail.com