Chic Aeon
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Mine is an Alienware that I got during COVID and the 3070 chip shortage. It was the most expensive computer I had ever purchased at something like 2300 USD maybe (over 2000 for sure when I am more in the 1700 range). It is doing very well still .
I did find a sim that made it crash this week. I am pretty sure it was the very pretty but extremely heavy sim. That is the only issue I have had.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800 8-Core Processor (3393.62 MHz)
Memory: 16310 MB (Used: 219 MB)
Concurrency: 16
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit (Build 19045.4355)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2
Graphics Card Memory: 8192 MBWindows Graphics Driver Version: 31.0.15.3619
OpenGL Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 536.19PS if you have the option of getting Win11 pro I think you will have fewer issues then Win11 home == at least that seems to be what is happening for friends compared to mine (I had no choice LOL) This on my notebook. If you haven't had Win11 Glary Utilities is DEFINITELY YOUR FRIEND. I hope my desktop lasts me a very long time.
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Getting money out easier isn't going to entice creators to Opensim. There is still the "godmode" issue. Kitely does a very good job WITHIN Kitely but even on that Marketplace if you choose to export there is a fair chance that your items will be passes around (much like full perm in SL). I was on a couple of grids that had ways to process credit from within the grid and they worked fine. Kitely transfers out profits automatically to Paypal each week if you have had enough sales.
In the best of all possible worlds if there WAS an issue in SL a bunch of good creators could move over to Kitely where there is almost (or no) overhead and we could have a very similar grid to play on. But I can't see that happening because getting enough creators over there to attract folks that want to have vast low cost regions is really difficult.
For a time in 2013 and 2014 Opensim was really "hot" and there was a lot going on and sales were good. But I still don't see that exodus again unless something really major happens. There needs to be more shoppers to entice creators and more good creators to entice shoppers LOL.
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8 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said:
Anyway, back to the topic: one benefit of LL selling Tilia is, LL can focus on their core business of Second Life without managing Tilia, too.
It will be interesting to see the logical gymnastics used to dispute my statement above.
True and I will keep my fingers crossed BUT it was made very clear when Openheimer bought LL that he WANTED Tilia and SL was a secondary acquisition that came along for the ride. So it could also go in the opposite direction. There has been time for Openheimer to "embrace" SL more of course and hoping that is the case.
Meanwhile on other comments since I looked last -- I mostly know H and G creators, not clothing or mesh bodies etc but many of the furniture and house makers are downsizing in both land and events and I am in there with them. So even before this latest change there WERE movements going on at least in some arenas.
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49 minutes ago, Ceka Cianci said:
Then I would think we would need to agree to another TOS. Which I thought just those that cash out had to agree to the Tilla Tos.
No. Anyone buying linden dollars needs to also --or selling without processing credit. Those that process credit need to prove who they are which includes driver's license or passport and proof of residence.
Anyone who has had anything to do with linden dollars other than earning them inworld by working for example has agreed. At one point (not sure about now) there was the tiniest text on the page that said something like "by continuing with this transaction you are agreeing with the Tilia TOS and privacy policy" (PP only for US folks). So a ton of folks that don't care, pay attention or don't read LOL have agreed and don't even know it.
OH WELL. I actually read the TOS and privacy policies (again) before agreeing. It took me an hour and a half :D.
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33 minutes ago, Ceka Cianci said:
That's really my only concern.. I get real touchy when it comes to my payment information..
At&t Just got hit and my information got nabbed.. Now I have another free identity theft protection for a year from them.. funny they decided to raise prices two weeks after they got hit.. Bastages having customers covering the costs of the companies own leaks.
So ya, I'm trigger happy on pulling my info if I get leery, in a heart beat.. I'm about done spending anymore money in this world anyways. This right here is just something that might make that happen sooner than later.
It seems likely (no info on this at all) that the folks that are buying Tilia are buying the DATABASE with customers and client information. So (to me) it seems like they will already have anyone's info --- especially those that processed credit out to Paypal. When I agreed to the Tilia TOS at the very end of last year (after they had changed their TOS to the better) I didn't have to redo any info. It just went right through once it recognized me. I had been "cashing out" monthly before Tilia was divided from SL.
So my fingers are crossed that I don't regret that move.
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2 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:
If I became Premium years before Tilia (on my main and my Alt), would I have been asked later to accept Tilia T&A? I seem to have a dim memory of it.
Yes. the primary reason I gave up my Premium membership when it ran out a year after Belli opened.
AND It is very likely that anyone using the new company may have to agree again as the TOS will likely change.
All that being said (and glad I have all my money in my brick and mortar bank now) there WAS a time when LL was thinking about letting folks pay for premium with linden dollars. This from Patch on the forums and I was still at LEA7 MOSP so many years ago. I couldn't see any advantage for them with that and it never happened.
There could be a chance that they look at that again.
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38 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:
My question was really about buying L$ (and selling, which doesn't impact me).
If Thunes were to own the exchange RATE, that sounds bad.
See my post above. You are still going through Tilia (or the new company). You were in Sansar also.
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18 minutes ago, Qie Niangao said:
For those starting out with L$s, sure. But the idea is to find a way for those without L$s to get L$s without buying them through a TIlia account. If US$ payment for a Premium subscription doesn't go through Tilia (and I'm not sure it doesn't), then this way the Lab could bypass Tilia.
And that all assumes it's in the Lab's interest to cut Tilia out of the loop. They created Tilia for a reason, so they wouldn't want to solve those problems again for subscription revenue unless that's already how it works.
Well you had to agree with the Tilia TOS in order to become premium .Just checked and that is still in effect.
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11 minutes ago, Qie Niangao said:
But I think stipends are a way to obtain L$s from the Lab without going through Tilia. Might this motivate the Lab to define other products/subscriptions that do the same?
I am not seeing how that could work since you have to change your linden dollars into USD to pay your premium charge. At least that is how it used to work. Maybe I am missing something.
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It is most likely a seam in the UNWRAPPING of he mesh (not actually an issue with the mesh itself.
Most textures sold on the marketplace are TILING and SEAMLESS meaning that if you put them on a cube and then change the repeats to be something different than1, the texture would still flow smoothly.
MESH however has to be divided into areas for texturing and depending on what the designer did you will have issues. Reasonably in most cases you wouldn't have a seam in the front or the back of a garment (like a top) but have the seams on the shoulders and along each side --- JUST like you would do if you were making a pattern for a top two sew with RL fabric (I taught sewing for many years in one of previous lives). However, just like some garment in RL are made without much thought, mesh clothing templates can be the same.
So most likely NOT the texture but the way the garment was "cut" into "pieces" during the mesh making process.
So as said you will need to design around issue that show up. It probably won't take long to figure out who the better clothing template makers are.
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You know. I was thinking about this thread and ----
Whatever methods and choices LL makes it will not solve the issue (no news there) because LL is not going to police things. Abuse reports are seldom followed through -- at least in my personal experience. Yes, it might very well be "favoritism" and yes some of the avatars reported may have RL jobs with LL or be buddies -- but whatever; it won't really solve anything.
The only real solution would be to ban child avatars except for G rated areas and or make a G rated part of Belli. And THAT would only work if LL actually policed things which they have not for 20 years now.
I am NOT advocating any of that but it seems like our virtual world is getting very divided. On one hand we have new 2048 textures (which really have been in limited use for some time but not via the LL or FS viewer) that makes things "more realistic" and on the other we have mobile with a more cartoony look where in theory you can find folks in SL via an ap and hook up from anywhere without a computer. It makes my head spin.
I don't do "adult" anything (really). I don't CARE what other folks do. But the virtual world seems to be in a tailspin. I am not sure there are any great answers.
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In my mind LL already knows that adult verification will not work. Been there and done that as most of the old-timers remember. They are trying to talk the talk and placate folks. IF as it has been said it becomes a LAW, then that's a different story.
Obviously anyone over a certain LL age (I am 16 plus now) is NOT a child. I don't care if I can't go to adult sims however there are plenty of places in adult sims that are NOT adult in any manner or form, so any further rules may hurt those folks.
My only worry is that in their appearance to "look good" The Lab may decide that EVERYONE needs to prove their age much like they decided EVERYONE needed to accept Tilia even though most folks wouldn't be using it. (We won that battle more or less by the way.). Hopefully they will see that would be a VERY bad plan --- but I do sometimes wonder at the decisions that are made.
We are close to two months now since the Medium article and time clock is ticking. This will NOT go away unless we let it.
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1 hour ago, Arielle Popstar said:
I've heard the reverse that it is easier on to download a smaller texture and the viewer multiplies it 4x rather then having to download 1 texture 4x the size. So why you say the opposite? At the very least 2048 sq textures will quadruple the required download.
It is easier (faster) to download a small texture. There ARE however legitimate reasons for 2048 textures. We had them in Sansar long ago and for awhile there were even bigger textures (not my time there).
If you put ALL the texutures for a small house on ONE 2048 texture plane the server only needs to make ONE trip instead of -- well it could be 20 depending on how people build. The real issue in my mind is that folks will just assume that a 2048 texture is BETTER and NEEDED when it is not. Not a whole lot different than the match head forum post LONG ago that was a 1024 texture (yes really).
So I for one am happy that LL will be charging for the bigger textures as that might have people thinking if they really NEED that big texture.
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3 hours ago, AmeliaJ08 said:
Really have to laugh about the mirrors.
Sure, this is the 'right' way to do it, the modern way but mirrors would have been possible back in 2003 if they were just implemented, there have been various 'cheats' used by graphics programmers for a long time that would have provided a suitable result in the SL engine.
The original Playstation and N64 managed to implement mirrors!
I can remember going to a sim that hosted all the Money Tree listings (and there were lots) and seeing "mirrors" and they were damned impressive. They apparently took a screenshot of your avatar and superimposed it on in reverse on the mirror prim (it was only prims back then). No, there wasn't any movement but that had to bee like 17 years ago or so.
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Just sticking this in for other folks that might be reading. I made it when Belli first opened. I have moved OH SO MANY TIMES (both home and shops) .
https://chicatphilsplace.blogspot.com/2019/05/home-and-garden-backups.html
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I haven't really followed this thread other than see the snippets roll but and I am guessing it IS about the money (and hopefully not a health issue).
That being said it could also have been blowback from the Medium article and "investors" who did not want to be linked to SL. Just saying.
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7 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said:
Hopefully, you follow the advised practice of not having a "flat" inventory structure! (So less stuff should be "gone" / loading should go better, etc.)
Unfortunately I have had NON FLAT since I came out of the pod (lots of computer practice with customer files so my norm). Also made a new "my clothes" and "my objects" folders as advised. None of it has helped. The database does not and has never LIKED ME :D. "It is what it is". After the first major loss of my whole Home and Garden folder when I was about TWO, I have learned to sigh and move on.
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9 hours ago, Nalates Urriah said:
@Chic Aeon I am curious why you think you have a full inventory?
Well even though the database has deleted many thousands of items "for me" and "on its own" I pretty much have everything I NEED and favorite things that are gone are GONE. I do keep a a fairly NEAT inventory at around 70K (this includes all my store stuff and many copies of some things). This winter I went through all my clothing and accessories and hair (avatar stuff) and deleted about 10K of items that I knew I would never use --- this after seldom keeping items that I blog other than specialty things.
I got really tired of looking through the sales ads and seeing the same thing over and over and over. This to blog -- not for personal use. So now I seldom look at ads and rarely feature event items other than the work of a handful of non BlogOtex creators that hand deliver me items. Basically I just got bored after well over a decade of events.
If I really NEED something (oh so rarely) I look on the Marketplace or a favorite store or I just make it. I still feature non-monthly events like Shop and Hop and Fantasy Faire but no longer go info "look what I found at XYZ event posts.
So my inventory is as full as I need it to be.
PS. My little remodeled 1943 house and my closets follow those same urges in our corporeal world.
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Well I can't say I am surprised by the input. Thanks.
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I haven't seen any chatter about the new Seraphim shopping hud. Wondering if folks are using it and what they think. I have a very full inventory so not a big shopper these days. Just curious if this is REALLY the "next big thing" in SL :D.
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Not the price you paid but the SIZE of the plot.
https://secondlife.com/land/pricing#:~:text=The Land Use Fee (also,land use fees are applied.
Make sure you understand before purchasing :D.
If you are a regular Premium Member you get a 1024 lot (or anything that makes up that amount) with NO tier. A premium Plus member gets 2048 tier free (well it is included in the PP package :D.
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Adding on to this as I found a good example of what I was taking about via the TOS changes. This I found because a friend asked me to read the TOS before he signed up :D. I deleted the company name. This is VERY COMMON for several years.
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Welllllll ---
First off it would be good to look at the builds that you plan to use in the sim and pretty much lay out the project in a sandbox.
Second you will likely get more for your land impact allowance than you expect now that the land impact rules have changed recently and that should help.
Thirdly if you community grows it is likely that you will need to move no matter what you do (aside from the half sim choice) so keep that in mind.
A quarter sim equates to 8 2048 plots. Assuming you want public areas, roads, paths, buffers from the neighbors etc that might be closer to a 1024 plot per renter. Is that big enough for your builds? Would that leave enough leftover land impact for folks to decorate with?
I have had all three of your choices as well as a full 20K sim (my half sim was just a 20K though) and personally I would pick the homestead where you actually have control over your vision. You could also if needed pare down the plots to 6 rentals. Right now there is a real glut of land and rentals so making things "a good deal" is likely a necessary besides being altruistic.
I hope you have a great time with your project.!!!!!
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I am guessing NOT since the Marketplace listed my marijuana plant as A even after I named it CBD.
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I have as much as possible turned off and opt out of all the Microsoft wants me to do.
Resistance if futile unfortunately. If they care I am watching 10 years of the newer Hawaii Five O and reading the PERN books I don't mind.