Chic Aeon

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Heathstone. My "perfect place" was up north where there is grass and beachfront but it became obvious quickly that only some sims were "open" (mostly it seems beachfront :D) so beachy it will be. Have some plans for enlarging to take advantage of the boat lane view so that should keep me out of trouble. There are only NINE plots in this sim so that should help the FPS.

FYI Texture pack doesn't include HOUSE textures, but does have concrete.

First off as far as I know your private sim while it might look somewhat like SL will NOT be good for testing as so very many things are different from SL. So Aditi would make much more sense. If you are uploading mesh, "personal grids" have very different uploading rules than SL (a variety of choices really with only one being close to SL at all). So for example you could test the size and textures of a building but the land impact and physics would not be the same. You would STILL need to test on Aditi or the main SL grid. All that being said there are older tutorials here that might be helpful. I haven't been in Opensim for a couple of years so I have no idea how much (or if anything) has changed. But things don't change quickly there so these may work fine for you. https://www.slartist.com/browse-josh-boam-tutorials-videos-1-date.html

Other than trying EEP when it first came out (like the first day) over on the beta grid I have left it alone. It is easy to see simply by reading the first couple of lines in post that show up in my forum listings that things are not happy. I can say on the plus side that "I" have had no issues with any of the old Windlight settings used under the current Firestorm. Others have it seems -- especially on heads and makeup layers -- but I have an OLD Lelutka head and it works "as always". I haven't stopped blogging and have plenty of photos in my Flickr feed since the server updates. BUT, should we actually GET this new enhancement rammed down our throats when it really isn't an improvement (to most folks it seems) I would sincerely hope that the third party viewers would make EEP and "option" and not a necessity. Since things are working fine under the current FS viewer it seems like that "could" be an possibility but of course I am not techie in that area. Personally I have loved the old Windlight for so many years I will hate to see it go and will probably just use the "adapted" Windlight settings from Firestorm and from my own records.

While I have NO personal experience in this area LOL, the go to place for a very long time has been aeros http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aeros Island/99/48/21

Note that MANY of those are not "game asset" (low poly) mesh. Some are even made for magazine aricle renders (oh my) so unless you know how to optimize the mesh OR get enough info from the site so you have an idea of a poly count ==== that isn't the best option. **************************** To the OP of a few months back @iamyourneighbour :D. I would suggest looking up full perm mesh creators on the marketplace. See what they make and if you like it look in their profiles to see if they do custom work. As said above, many creators do not (full perm or retailers) but some do. I would THINK you best bet would be the full perm guys. And re the Paypal thing. Lots of folks don't give out their Paypal info for privacy reason. While you CAN have an address for your avatar that goes to your real life Paypal account (I have one and it is legal as I talked through a customer rep who helped me set it up), most folks don't have that or want to go to the trouble of GETTING that LOL. So that part of your post isn't a surprise for me. Unless someone that advertises in the forums has an inworld store where you can check the LODs and poly count, I would steer clear.

Ahhhh -- I didn't understand (no screenshot :D). For awhile in Sansar all newcomers came in a gray "doughboys" which was pretty bizarre from my point of view. Some folks like it. But when you saw a dozen gray doughboys (no features) all together there certainly wasn't any feeling of individualism. That didn't last too long.

If that is so (I didn't go look) it is similar to the new avatar choices in Sansar --- the idea being I guess: SIMPLICTY.

Agreed. Typically YOUR apparent issue is fixed by the last method on that page. Happened to my alt some time back. Very easy fix.

What "I" see is that you have two BIG payouts to Paypal on one day. Almost $1450 US when your other cash outs were WAAAAAY smaller. There is a red flag automatically -- -from my point of view. IF it is an "exceeding your limit" as suggested you should have had a big and obvious warning about that. "I" certainly did and others also (as reported in the forums some time ago). SO it seems more likely that your cash out is under review of some kind. Did you send in a ticket or chat up support to find out what might be wrong? Did you check your "ticket history" (even if you didn't put in a ticket warnings show up there)?

In general there are OH SO MANY reasons not to upload linksets and I am sure someone will come along and explain that :D. BUT to the title of your thread, here are the limits for Second Life. http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Limits

Well "legit" is probably an odd term. Just newly private parties can auction off their land. I haven't kept up with all this and not interested but presumably all auctions run THROUGH the auction page would be "legit". The problems comes sometimes with how land is advertised. I have no idea if the lab is paying much attention to what is claimed and what is real. Typically they stay out of things. You CAN of course ONLY bid on Linden Lab land and NOT on private lands and that would (in theory) be completely safe. I have never purchased auction land so I can't speak personally. Note below there are LINDEN auctions and RESIDENT auctions. I suggest taking some time to understand better how all this works -- and by checking out other land sales. Sometimes it is cheaper to buy directly rather than at auction --- unless of course it is a specific parcel you are after.

"Protected Land" means land that is owned by Linden Lab and is slated to stay empty (such as beachfront areas or open water) or have Linden builds on it. It is NOT "Land under MAINTENANCE" which means the land has been abandoned by the owner and is just sitting there empty. Maintenance Land can be sold or auctioned off at any time so there is no reason to believe you will be "neighborless" (the main point of having protected land) and with a "view" should there be one. Land can be technically "protected" but with such a small border that it is more or less useless. So do not trust the seller 100 percent and do your research and look at the property lines in the viewer before purchasing. And sometimes people advertise land as protected when it is really maintenance land. So beware. EDIT: AFAIK there is not "unprotected designation but maintenance land could be considered "unprotected" I guess.

Presumably they will be filled with some of the other "many new styles" of abodes over time (within the year it sounded like as that is when the 512s are slated to go away (a more or less timeline from Patch) . Inara's blog suggest that we may see more styles of houses at the birthday bash this June. We already can see (MAYBE) where the "trailers" and park settings may go up North. It seems logical that they will continue having SSP as a planning and staging area for the actual continent so we can once again watch and guess what we will see when all is revealed.

YEP they did move the SSP post. Now here under LAND and Linden Homes. I think that there is still plenty of chatting about what's coming up in that thread.

It depends on the item and how it was made but the answer is YES land impact can change with resizing -- both up and down and sometimes "down" can even increase the land impact. Also never assume that ALL items by a designer are "low impact" or ever "high impact". Different items will naturally be of different land impacts and designers often shift their priorities over time. I have noted a few that USED to make reasonably low land impact items and now their furniture and buildings are much higher with many more textures. So wise shopping is good. There is a new thread here about wise shopping so if you can find that --- or someone can link it for you, that would be good to read. It showed up in the stream. Here you go:

While it has been very quiet over at SSP as well as the soon to be unveiled new homes, I spotted some new layout prims in the "trailer park" today. So some energetic mole is still busily working on things to come this summer (maybe :D). Since the green dots have been fairly absent (at least when I have looked) I am guessing that the current work is done and we are waiting either for "timing" or the web interface to be complete.

As I understand it what you have tried to do is ONLY useful for Windlight settings that come with Firestorm (not ones you made). That being said you WILL be able to do this once EEP gets into the pipeline (maybe soon - maybe some months). You will also be able to either make a new EEP sky or convert your Windlight sky to the new system.

Doesn't seem to be in SL (and nothing via the photo from Google either). You might ask the person who made the ad: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/LC-Female-Android-Sounds/12800831

The basic problem with "all" (most?) houses that try to approximate RL dimensions (some creators obviously use house plans from Google to layout their house (I did that once but found the rooms way to small for comfortable living) is the walking through the sides of the building issue -- VISUALLY, not actually :D. It is certainly true that we have the ability to change our viewer settings to deal with this but most folks don't know how or don't care to do this. Personally as a creator who makes buildings I do NOT change my view angles from the default primarily so that I get an idea of what the majority sees. I DO think that the new homes are a huge improvement over the 512s and the more organic and community inspired layout is leaps and bounds better than the sprinkling of houses hither and yon in the old home sims. BUT aside from the overly high land impact of the traditional houses the rooms ARE small and will be difficult to move around in for new folks especially. The houseboats are definitely more roomy (some almost too much so for me LOL). BUT, these are just the first set of styles of abodes, many more to come. And I suspect that the people who plan have been paying attention to the feedback. An open planned balcony "bedroom" modern house must be on someones radar. An upgrade style for Meadowbrook themes would be welcomed by many, including all the folks that have chimed into various LH threads. In a year there may be a big selection of places to live -- one for almost each citizen's need. We can hope anyway.

You didn't tell us how much the LI was on the house. Honestly I am wondering how you got it to FIT on your 1024 as usually houses designated as a 2048 house would have a footprint over 32 x 32. Anyway, I would personally say that your house should be under 100 land impact for a 1024 lot. So yes, likely too much house for your land. ALSO be sure and check the land impact of all those hedges and palms. They could be 1 LI or 12 LI or even more. That can add up quickly. You certainly CAN decorate a house with only 79 prims. We all did it in the olden days, but I would say leaving a third of your LI for the furnishing and decor would be a good starting spot. Sure others would do it differently; it is all up to the individual and where they spend their time on their land. Good luck.

One of my very best selling items (the top seller actually) is a ten year old item. I have remade it a few times --- first it was prims, then one of my first mesh items, then an upgraded mesh item. It can still be redelivered and it is still the same price. I don't see why the COST of an item would go up over times unless it was definitely upgraded --- and if it is worth that much more then it should be a new listing IMO. I only have one item that I have raised the price on that I can remember (many have been discounted over time). But there are now THREE versions (including the original) in the pack. It can still be redelivered to the original purchases. Just my take on the situation.

Great to know. TY. I took a screenshot of this info LOL. Have one sky from last year's Fantasy Faire that I really want to convert and put on the level where it belongs.

That is the fee NOW; I just checked. And there has been a fee (maybe smaller) for a decade or so. I remember LONG LONG LONG ago when it switched from zero. But it certainly could have been free at some time and may periodically become free for a short while. It has been a paid group though for many years. Agree it is a great bargain (I blog for {what next} so not a group member) and I love those window boxes. I have them on a garden shed and they look super cute. Just the blogger in me who always checks group gift costs (needed for some Flickr groups) before posting :D.