When I drop an object out of my inventory into the world, it doesn't appear

[Ayana Auer]

What is this happening?

[Lexie Linden]

No Build Land: The land you're dropping the object onto doesn't allow building. This should cause a blue error dialog to pop up in the lower right corner of the Second Life window announcing that you can't build there. "No Build" can be set on a per-parcel or per-region basis. A small icon appears in the menu bar when you're on No Build land.

Too many rapidly-changing objects in view:

The object may not appear, but after you log out and back in ("relog") the object appears. This may mean there are too many rapidly changing objects in view.

Every time an object changes (rotates, changes color, etc.) an update message is sent over the network to your client. If too many of these updates get sent, you may not receive the message saying that the new object was created. The object exists -- you just can't see it until you relog.

When this happens, the bandwidth meter in the Statistics bar is usually high, over 400 kbps. Clicking Advanced in the Statistics bar and looking at the Network section will show persistently high bandwidth in Objects, usually over 100 kbps.

• To find the objects responsible, turn on the Advanced menu.

Select Advanced > Show Updates. This will display an animating blue or red flash each time an object changes itself. If you have a high concentration of red flashes, these objects are probably to blame. Either delete them or force them to stop animating. Common causes include laser light shows, scripted animals, trees with falling leaves, or anything that creates large numbers of new objects.

Download queue for region is stuck:

The "download queue" for your region is stuck. When you drop an item from your inventory into the world, the object is downloaded from our central file server. There's a queue of objects being downloaded. You can see the size of this queue by opening the Statistics bar: Pending Downloads is in the Simulator section. If it is falling, or zero, this is not the problem. If your download queue is high and never falls, please file a support ticket (you may need to have your region restarted).

Scripted objects are too far away:

Some scripted objects do not appear if you are too far away, even if they are within your viewer's draw distance! If the object you are trying to view has a script in it, try moving closer to it until it appears.

 

Other solutions:

Reduce draw distance to 64m

   1. Choose Edit > Preferences from the top menu bar.

   2. Click the Graphics tab.

   3. Check the Custom checkbox.

   4. Move the Draw Distance slider all the way to the left.

 

Increase the Second Life Viewers cache and bandwidth:

If the cache or bandwidth settings are set too low, some objects may appear slowly

• Note: Setting Maximum Bandwidth too high can also have adverse  effects on your Second Life experience. Try increasing maximum bandwidth  a little at a time and observe the results.