Invisible collar (*should* be visible!)

[kershe]

I went to the Temple of the Open Collar and picked up one of the nice free collars, but when I put it on, it was invisible!

After going through all the menus looking for a "hide/show" type toggle -- and not finding one. I tried taking it off, putting it back on again, going to an empty sim and trying again, relogging and trying again, and rebooting my computer, but none of that helped.

Other people couldn't see it either.

I made the collar big in case it was tiny and embedded in my neck. I tried to edit it, and saw that I'd made the thing as big as a toilet seat, but I could only see this while editing.

I tried three other collars with the same result.  I hadn't changed any of the settings except for hitting "Fix," which made the collar say, "I fixed the menus!" (whatever that meant).

Any ideas about to fix it?

[Cindy Evanier]

24 minutes ago, kershe said:

I went to the Temple of the Open Collar and picked up one of the nice free collars, but when I put it on, it was invisible!

After going through all the menus looking for a "hide/show" type toggle -- and not finding one. I tried taking it off, putting it back on again, going to an empty sim and trying again, relogging and trying again, and rebooting my computer, but none of that helped.

Other people couldn't see it either.

I made the collar big in case it was tiny and embedded in my neck. I tried to edit it, and saw that I'd made the thing as big as a toilet seat, but I could only see this while editing.

I tried three other collars with the same result.  I hadn't changed any of the settings except for hitting "Fix," which made the collar say, "I fixed the menus!" (whatever that meant).

Any ideas about to fix it?

Settings - make sure stealth is unticked.

[Alyona Su]

2 hours ago, kershe said:

Any ideas about to fix it?

Open Collar manual: https://www.opencollar.at/manual.html

(Please don't ask me how I know this. ~Snorts~)

[Nalates Urriah]

Curious if the problem has resolved. You posted at 6AM Tuesday and the grid was running through rolling-restarts. All sorts of odd things happen.

[Callum Meriman]

• kehide
• keshow

You can say that on channel 1, or the one you chose if you moved away from channel 1.

[kershe]

10 hours ago, Cindy Evanier said:

Settings - make sure stealth is unticked.

Thanks for the suggestion - I found it unchecked, so just for the hell of it I checked it and unchecked it again,  but it's still invisible. I even bought another collar off the marketplace, and it was invisible too! I can't imagine what I'm doing wrong.

8 hours ago, Alyona Su said:

Open Collar manual: https://www.opencollar.at/manual.html

(Please don't ask me how I know this. ~Snorts~)

Thanks for the link -- the manual is nicely done -- it did explain some other things I wondered about.  It did say that the Stealth option that Cindy mentioned did make the collar invisible, but as I  said, it was already unchecked, and toggling it didn't change anything.

[Cindy Evanier]

2 minutes ago, kershe said:

I even bought another collar off the marketplace, and it was invisible too! I can't imagine what I'm doing wrong.

Try asking that merchant then.  Might be something really simple.  Let us know  

[Alyona Su]

9 hours ago, kershe said:

Thanks for the suggestion - I found it unchecked, so just for the hell of it I checked it and unchecked it again,  but it's still invisible. I even bought another collar off the marketplace, and it was invisible too! I can't imagine what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks for the link -- the manual is nicely done -- it did explain some other things I wondered about.  It did say that the Stealth option that Cindy mentioned did make the collar invisible, but as I  said, it was already unchecked, and toggling it didn't change anything.

Have you edited the collar to see it it has a transparent texture?

9 hours ago, Cindy Evanier said:

Try asking that merchant then.  Might be something really simple.  Let us know  

Definitely this.

[kershe]

18 minutes ago, Nalates Urriah said:

Curious if the problem has resolved. You posted at 6AM Tuesday and the grid was running through rolling-restarts. All sorts of odd things happen.

Yes, sorry - I can't get inworld during my workday, but I can ask questions. So there's always a lag between a suggestion, my trying it, and my reporting the results. The problem first appeared in the evening before my posting.

This morning I tried each of the four (different) invisible collars. They were all still invisible. I deleted them all, went back to the OC Temple, and got yet another, and this one is visible.

So victory, yay! But for unknown reasons.

Edited November 14, 2018 by kershe

[kershe]

14 hours ago, Callum Meriman said:

• kehide
• keshow

You can say that on channel 1, or the one you chose if you moved away from channel 1.

Thanks - I did try that, also /1krshow, but it remained invisible. I can sum up what I know:

• four separate and distinct items from two different sources all behaved the same way
• even when a fifth one worked correctly, the first four continued not to
• I've gotten those same items in the past (in other accounts) and they worked perfectly
• detaching/replacing didn't work, even on an empty sim
• relogging didn't help
• commands didn't work (/1keshow, /1 ke show, /1krshow, /1 kr show)
• menu "Stealth" option didn't change anything
• other people witnessed all this, so it wasn't just my viewer acting up

I'm only mildly curious at this point. I appreciate the help, and initially assumed that someone would point out some silly mistake I'd made. Thanks to all who replied -- the advice was all good; I think it's just one of those weird little things beyond my understanding, and that's fine.

 

 

 

[Love Zhaoying]

Maybe only the rlv “controller” (of you) can execute the commands unless you issue a command indicating that you override any “controllers”?

[kershe]

23 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said:

Maybe only the rlv “controller” (of you) can execute the commands unless you issue a command indicating that you override any “controllers”?

I don't know how it would get in or out of that state.

Maybe for some reason my viewer just wasn't able to fetch the texture.

[HisatoSoldya]

Easy fix.. Open preferences. Graphics>Rendering.. Enable Render Attached Particles. Leash should appear.

[Alwin Alcott]

5 hours ago, HisatoSoldya said:

Easy fix.. Open preferences. Graphics>Rendering.. Enable Render Attached Particles. Leash should appear.

i think they found it after nearly 5 years.