can i run two different avatars at same time on same sim?

[lhasa1241]

can i run two different avatars at same time on same sim?

[Theresa Tennyson]

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lhasa1241 wrote:

can i run two different avatars at same time on same sim?

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Yes - you'll need to run two separate instances of the viewer though.

[Rolig Loon]

Yes, assuming that you have clicked the selection in Preferences >>> Advanced that allows you to use multiple viewers and that your computer is capable of handling the load without overheating.  You can run as many seperate instances as your hardware can handle, no matter where they are in SL. When I am working, I often have an alt with me for testing.  That's pretty common.

[Rhonda Huntress]

Each avatar is a seperate account.  You may have many different avatars on the same sim at once.

[ChinRey]

An alternative to the method Theresa and Rolig suggested is to simply launch two different viewers.

The only real limits are how much load your computer can handle and, of course, how many alts you are allowed to have. Somebody ocne told me in a group I'm in that he had logged on more than a hundred alts at the same time from a single computer, using the Radegast lightweight viewer. Those were bots of course, not manually controlled alts but that only increased the load on the client.

[lhasa1241]

when i try to open the second instance of firestorm, login fails. any ideas? thanks

[lhasa1241]

than you chinrey for your answer. what is an alt.?

 

[lhasa1241]

thank you for your response rhonda. how do i establish a separate account? sign up again at sl website? thanks

 

[lhasa1241]

thanks for your response rolig. i have multiple viewers checked but firestorm wont open another viewer. any ideas? thanks

 

[Rolig Loon]

Did you do as I suggested and check "Allow Multiple Viewers" in Preferences >>> Advanced? Are you logging in to two DIFFERENT accounts, not the same account twice? Can your computer handle the extra load of two instances?

[ChinRey]

Alt is short for alternative account or something like that. You are allowed to have more than one account in SL and each account is treated as a separate person. There is a limit to how many alts you are allowed to have, I think the maximum is five for each household, but if you really need more you can ask LL for permission to have them.

 

There are several reasons why people may want to have alts. Role players may want to have several separate characters, builders and scripters need alts to test how their builds and scripts work for other people, merchants may want to have separate private and business accounts and so on.

[lhasa1241]

yes allow multiple viewers checked. diffrent accounts? completely new signup at sl website with new username andpassword? thanks

 

[lhasa1241]

I see. make alternative account at sl website with new login and password?

 

[ChinRey]

That's right

[Linda444444]

thanks chinrey, got it