My avi appears to me to be a cloud of vapor, but everyone else sees her fine. What do I do?

[Madelaine McMasters]

Hi Crimlitig8r,

It sounds like you're suffering "bake fail". Read these...
http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/fs_bake_fail
http://blog.nalates.net/2013/08/23/second-lifes-new-bake-fail/

Bake Fail is sometimes the result of connection issues. SL is terribly finicky about the quality and latency of the connection, but not so much about the speed. You may have a super zippy link, but if it's dropping packets, or there is excessive delay in getting those packets between you and the servers, problems will arise.

If you continue to have bake fail problems, read this...
http://blog.nalates.net/2011/10/26/troubleshoot-your-sl-connection/

Good luck!

[Madelaine McMasters]

Hi Crimlitig8r,

It sounds like you're suffering "bake fail". Read these...
http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/fs_bake_fail
http://blog.nalates.net/2013/08/23/second-lifes-new-bake-fail/

Bake Fail is sometimes the result of connection issues. SL is terribly finicky about the quality and latency of the connection, but not so much about the speed. You may have a super zippy link, but if it's dropping packets, or there is excessive delay in getting those packets between you and the servers, problems will arise.

If you continue to have bake fail problems, read this...
http://blog.nalates.net/2011/10/26/troubleshoot-your-sl-connection/

Good luck!