Chic Aeon

FYI a LOT of the stores in the list are MIA. Some don't even have the signs out. So it is pretty messy out there now -- a lot like a hunt with folks not paying attention. Most places you need to join their group for the gift. So heads up

Me with only head changed. This can be either EvoX or old style. NOTE that on the stores in the big 12 Days list, some anyway you need to join their group to pick up the gift. Others maybe not --- haven't been many places.

Well the sent the tree out in the notices. There isn't anything else there and folks are starting to leave.

Good to know. I was on the new Linden PBR release. I haven't seen it that gray in a very long time LOL.

Went to the full PBR Winter Wonderland region. Didn't like being a white cloud for about a minute or the minutes it took to load the textures (all gray buildings). I have a year and a half old desktop that was top of the line when I bought it so not a wimpy computer). Until they get things loading faster this will be a killer for some folks. Those on FS have some time before the have to be on a PBR viewer so that's a plus. I will be installing the latest FS viewer soon and skipping the PBR. The reflections are impressive. That's the best part. Also on the plus side it seems like very little old content is breaking --- a big plus. In SANSAR the devs managed some great things eventually with load times and PBR so it is likely that things will improve. There have been some reports from builders with some major issues. I am not part of the beta testing LOL. 2 minutes later --- well, good I waited as the FS new release has been taken off due to bugs. https://www.firestormviewer.org/woops/

Re the shoe issue and my comment above. These are the new boots gift (free group) from S@bbia. They don't "quite fit depending on your ao but an adapted alpha layer would likely fix that. I just wanted to show you the possibilities. The clothes and shoes come with alpha layers.

Those of you who are YOUNG (not in corporeal terms you understand but in pixel) won't remember when we ONLY had flat feet. Creative folks gave us fake feet and fake feet built into shoes, etc. If SENRA actually takes off to be a viable brand to create for, someone will repeat that process. It still won't be perfect of course and that isn't the point of SENRA anyway. You can get some killer looks with flat boots and platforms. ^^ And very cute sandals.

I say this with much compassion as I "beta tested" in SANSAR and every new update seemed to break something. Breathe deep. Know it is likely NOT YOU. I went over to the "full PBR" Winter Wonderland sim yesterday == not to see the Winter Wonderland but to test the sim. It was fine in Firestorm, looked good worked perfectly except for some extra glow behind the windows like that famous Christmas card type painter's work. My outfit was darker in the shadows. And yes this is an upcoming post sometime soon. Went back with the new PBR viewer (yesterdays as it updated) and I was a cloud for over a minute and the whole scene was gray for a very long time. You are probably not seeing this lag just working on one building. I didn't see anything that that looked like it was obviously a reflection probe so likely that part of the new rendering system wasn't tested. My best guess is that it will be almost a year before every FS user is on a PBR viewer. This with the "you must update in three versions" edict. Some folks will be using 3rd party viewers that don't update because they either don't care or do care and don't like PBR. Honestly, so far, PBR seems to be a better rollout that EEP which was a nightmare and which I didn't adopt until I had to. So while I know you would like your item with all the shiny new stuff, it will probably be a LOT easier to let the devs get things worked out. SENRA is MUCH better now after flour months or whatever. I think the devs seem to have done a good job this time about not breaking legacy builds. That is a huge plus. But being out on the front lines of change comes with a price. And yes, I was up in the night writing LOL so this is more philosophical than it might otherwise be. I thought of you when I was out in the Linden viewer (SO PAINFUL) and I wish you all the best in the PRB fray. My only building thought on this really and what I would try if I was testing PBR is to leave some gaps where you boxes are and don't let them meet -- like cube LOD models. And have you watched that PBR into video? Probably but pasting in for others. I thought he used a solid cube for all four sides -- but honestly since it was a long way off for me I didn't pay too much attention. Yes, next to the last section. You MAY need to only make house designs that will work for now. Again, been there in SANSAR and do feel your pain.

Another possibility since it is just that computer (really a GOOD THING) is that somehow a Windows update (assuming you are on Windows has messed things up. This has happened to me a LOT mostly on the machine with Win11. Running Glary Utilities (other utility programs would probably work) and restarting the computer has solved each issue. Seems to be registry issues in my case.

To be fair don't you get a bunch of that back in "stipend"? May be other perks too. For that much you could easily get a big parcel on mainland and have a nice villa LOL so it is in part a "Belli" thing I think.

I am wearing old (2020 7DS) skin in my picture above. It seems to work fine. Makeup that age or older also. I can't tell what happened to my eyebrows (separate from skin) though from the photo :D. I did note as also shown above that old poses don't work with the new avatar. Some entrepreneurial animations person will no doubt make a hand pose add-on that will fix that. The old ankle locks from long ago might fix the foot thing. I didn't notice that. Bento poses and the new AO included seem to work fine.

Just testing for a blog post. Yes, MUCH better on many counts. Don't like the legs but definitely the best Library avatar we have had.

Tree by MESH NATION (Marketplace)

Fire and Ice

I had a screenshot that was mistaken for a RL photo and got into a "prestigious" group that I knew nothing about. It was both fun and thrilling. It was NOT my sim and I think it is gone now. Putting in the LINK for anyone that wants to see as I am not going to crop it to get my signature off. https://www.flickr.com/photos/24257589@N03/52571565602/in/dateposted/ Those ARE great rocks. Who made them (or maybe they are a mix).

I just checked my blog (thank you blog dairy and that body is very close to a decade old now. We are talking Win7 in computer terms. It pretty much never had tons of stuff for it that actually FIT. ANY not-too- popular body including some of the new ones have an issue with clothing. IF you are lucky (and I am not really counting on this) then the when the updated Linden body in your Library gets updated it might certainly be usable IF anyone bothers to make clothes for it. You missed the half price Maitreya sale and Legacy is very "laggy" so not good environmental (and expensive). If your body will use alpha layers which I am guessing was THE WAY -- way back then to block out unwanted parts of body areas then you can often find other fits that will work. Try S@bbia who has a free group and frequent gifts and has "fitmesh" in the packs. As said (or implied) saving up and getting a popular body (like Lara or LaraX) and then looking for free clothing is a much better methods. BUT older clothing on the marketplace may work. I haven't seen any NEW tmp clothing in at least five years.

Agreed. Land prices and availability have been up and down for over fifteen years -- just like the RL land sales at least in my part of the US. When there isn't ENOUGH mainland to buy (not lately since the LHs anyway) folks complain about that. If you think about it there is a lot MORE MAINLAND now with Zindra and Horizons etc. I have probably moved well over three dozen times in my years here and with some looking I have always found a good place to live on the cheap -- either buying or renting. Many of those times it was mainland simply because mainland is usually cheaper. I really enjoyed my time in Belli that first year but over time it got so very laggy (like everywhere that I went there) that it was pretty much unlivable. Way too much heavy mesh. Happily it seems our no name "shaming" posts did let creators know that a lot of folks really DO CARE about stuff like that. It does have an impact. So small steps forward.

8f8 has a sewing machine just out at ANTHEM for 349 (no checking machines to get the right number up to buy is a plus) which is more complex and all in one piece. The machine is newer but still treadle. The triangle count is good for this complex of an item and WAY better than the olden 8f8 days (woot). Not sure if there is a sit on the stool.

There is less land for sale now where my shop is than has been in a long while (mainland) BUT I scored a very nice (with buffers) snow parcel in a mainland sim with other snow parcels with buffers for 700 li and 350 a week. I am nowhere near using those LI points but it is a very nice place. I don't see that things are a whole lot different than they have been over the years. If one wants to point fingers then I would say that the new Premiums Plus 2048 homes are a big part of any problem that there may be. And since there is a new theme for those coming out it seems like they have worked well (monetarily anyway) for LL. But what is good for some folks is less than great for others. I am only a renter and happily so.

Impressive! Winner, winner -- ARCADE

Well to be fair LOL plenty of items with "materials" look horrible under some EEPs (hence my lack of using them for the most part). NEW isn't always BETTER --- but going with industry standard is most likely a good long range move. When I tested a month ago when only a few regions were active on the main grid, I really couldn't tell any difference (with the things I tested of course which were "supposed" to look the same). https://chicatphilsplace.blogspot.com/2023/11/pbr-hits-grid-slowly.html

For Shop and Hop for example, I only take what I think I can use (or blog). I appreciate the pictures as that cuts a lot out. I don't take makeup or gestures or eyes as I will never use them. And usually I only take things from creators that I know and have bought from or blogged previously. I always open things right away and sort by category. Then I pick out things I want to feature and do posts. SOMETIMES I keep things, other times not. 16 years 72K posts and that includes all the product and parts of products I have created and numerous backups. I mostly keep "niche" items that I think might come in handy for a post in the future. If there isn't a picture of the item I often use the build menu to see what it says is inside the box. If it says "horns" or piercing" for example I just go on to the next. I also don't pick up gifts from booths that are "not me". If I wouldn't buy anything from the merchant it is unlikely I will want their gift. We all have different tastes.

OK. Not anyone interested I guess so letting this go

I am not playing around yet but wanted to mention that in Sansar with I think a very similar system you could basically "ignore" the PBR by putting in grayscale textures in the panes. I DO think that PBR can be lovely but not everything needs to shine and reflect IMO. So "there" I just pretended it didn't exist LOL. I won't be looking at this closely until FS gets PBR but I did check my current builds in the PBR Linden viewer and they seem to be fine. So hopefully that holds true.