Gordon Nadezda

Rendered objects using the 'subsurf' modifier look fantastic in Blender, but it doesn't result in an efficient SL object. Yet, this particular modifier is featured heavily in many tutorials; it's what alerted me to a problem with such tutorials. Unfortunately, on YouTube, there aren't a lot of tutorials for Blender that are geared toward production for SL.

What you wrote makes me feel better. I don't feel so overwhelmed. I have a clearer purpose now. So, thanks!

That's the real dilemma I face - which tutorials will actually contribute to a nice and efficient SL object - but didn't articulate clearly in my original post.

I have looked at other, free tutorials and that's likely the source of my frustration. Right now, I'm watching a tutorial on how to create a modern house in Blender, but I'm getting the sense that the finished product is likely not going to work on a platform like Second Life. I'm also been reading the SL forums on mesh creation. In general, most of the tutorials and a good deal of information from the forums are good for learning Blender-related concepts, but not so much for what will work in SL. Regardless, it's all very exciting.

I've been in Second Life for over ten years. Social interaction is what first drew me to the platform. Soon after joining, I discovered the joys of in-world building using prims. I eventually transitioned to sculpted prims. Then Mesh came along. I was intrigued, but Blender was and is the only application I have access to because it's cheap....free in fact. Blender always seemed to have a steep learning curve, which is why I resisted ever using it. However, about six months ago, I purchased a couple of Blender courses from Udemy and am feeling much more confident in the program. But now I'm facing a dilemma. There's still a vast amount I need to learn about Blender to create things like avatars, hair, and accessories for avatars, buildings and accessories, and other types of objects. Right now, I'm not so interested in avatar-related design. I'm more into architecture and inanimate objects. So, I believe that's where my direction lies within Blender. I know I have a lot more to learn to create those kinds of things for SL but am feeling overwhelmed by the vast amount of available Blender information. I want to continue learning. I know that concepts learned while creating an avatar might be useful in the creation of buildings, and vice-versa. But I want to maximize my education and have it proceed according to the types of objects I'm interested in creating. I'm posting this in hopes that others might have once felt the same and/or can share their experience with learning Blender for creating objects within Second Life. And, how to maximize that education.

I've been in Second Life for over ten years. Social interaction is what first drew me to the platform. Soon after joining, I discovered the joys of in-world building using prims. I eventually transitioned to sculpted prims. Then Mesh came along. I was intrigued, but Blender was and is the only application I have access to because it's cheap....free in fact. Blender always seemed to have a steep learning curve, which is why I resisted ever using it. However, about six months ago, I purchased a couple of Blender courses from Udemy and am feeling much more confident in the program. But now I'm facing a dilemma. There's still a vast amount I need to learn about Blender to create things like avatars, hair, and accessories for avatars, buildings and accessories, and other types of objects. Right now, I'm not so interested in avatar-related design. I'm more into architecture and inanimate objects. So, I believe that's where my direction lies within Blender. I know I have a lot more to learn to create those kinds of things for SL but am feeling overwhelmed by the vast amount of available Blender information. I want to continue learning. I know that concepts learned while creating an avatar might be useful in the creation of buildings, and vice-versa. But I want to maximize my education and have it proceed according to the types of objects I'm interested in creating. I'm posting this in hopes that others might have once felt the same and/or can share their experience with learning Blender for creating objects within Second Life. And, how to maximize that education.

None of these articles are claiming that Second Life was spying on people or making it easy for government agenices to spy. They ARE claiming that NSA agents created SL avatars, just like normal people do every single day. Are people now suggesting that government agencies and law enforcement should somehow be prevented from creating accounts? How would SL enforce that? Perhaps, the SL registration process should include employment verification. That'll make the game fun. Furthermore, if you're not plotting some nefarious, real-world terrorist event, you have nothing to fear when another person eavesdrops on your in-world chat.

Moderate - perfect for maxing out $25 tier level. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/BoShek/171/164/77

Moderate - perfect for maxing out $25 tier level. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/BoShek/171/164/77

If your goal is to improve lines of communication with the community, why can't Amanda Linden simply respond to a notecard and an email regarding a complete breakdown of communication between a paying customer and support?

Menka Pawpad wrote: yeah, what emma said, try contacting the group owner(s). The only group owner also happens to be the same person who owns the HippoSECURE system.

Calveen Kline wrote: Gordon, I don't know if this would work with hippo but have you tried muting the device and/or owner of the device? Just an ide Thank you for your reply. Your answer inspired me to locate all of the "Ejector" units used by my neighbor's HippoSecure system and I have reported each one of them by name, location, and owner to Linden Lab for disturbing the peace > repetitive spam. Now, we'll see if LL does anything at all about it.

Peewee.Musytari wrote: Hey hey Gordon, don`t ya wish you still lived on a private sim? I greatly enjoyed living on a private sim, but I am not spending as much time in SL anymore. I didn't see the sense in paying over three times as much when all I need is around 4500 sqm. Honestly, I have one foot out the door already with SL. The Governing Body's complete and total ignorance of my ARs is quickly pushing me the rest of the way out. I've spend hundreds of dollars over the past several months in SL, but you wouldn't know it judging by the reaction I've received from Linden Lab.

Ophelia Pelazzi wrote: What category are you using to file the report? I would go with encroachment and griefing myself. The secure thing is effectively spam griefing you on your own parcel. Griefing tends to get a bit higher priority. I've been alternating between the Harrassment > Impeding Movement and Disturbing the Peace > Repetitve Spam categories. If I don't move out of the scanner's range quickly, I will be inundated by the warnings, which is impeding my movements. The multiple warnings are also repetive spam. I'm just not sure which one, if any, will get the esteemed Governing Body's imperial attention (sarcasm meant). By now, I've submitted at least a dozen AR's during the past 7 days. It's mainland, so no one Resident/Resident Group owns the region. The offending parcel is group owned, so I have no one person to report. The only resident I can report is the name of the person associated with the HippoSecure warning message.

It has been exactly 7 days and Linden Lab has done nothing as far as I can tell to resolve the issue. Attempts to persuade the neighbor have failed. I am effectively relegated to the surface and a few altitudes. I certainly hope LL's new CEO monitors these threads. I'd like him to know that Premium Support told me in no uncertain terms there was nothing they could do for inworld issues, that my only recourse is to keep filing Abuse Reports or QUIT Second Life. I have the chat logs to prove it!

Last Thursday, I purchased a 4096 meter parcel on a mainland region. Almost immediately, as I flew above my new parcel, at about 700 meters, I began to receive dozens of warnings from my neighbor's hippoSECURE security system telling me that I would be removed if I did not leave their parcel. The neighboring parcel is group owned, but the hippoSECURE warnings revealed an individual's name. I was nowhere near the group's parcel, but I'm familiar with this system and realized it was misconfigured. I soon discovered that my movements were restricted at various other altitudes, like 1300 meters, 2000 meters, etc, basically any altitude this group had constructed a sky platform, I could not access it while within my own parcel's boundaries. At least, not without receiving neverending warnings. I contacted the listed owner. He seemed to understand that his system was effectively restricting my movements, but did not do anything about it even after several hours. I even sent him a link to hippo's user manual and quoted the exact fix. The next day, I chatted with a Linden Lab support agent, but was told there was nothing he could do to help me. He told me that inworld issues were off limits to him and that I needed to file an abuse report. In fact, he suggested I file one for each occurrence, but that woudl be impractical.  I have filed at least 1-2 reports each day for the past 4 days, but nothing has been done. I"ve received no response from the reports other than the canned response everyone receives. The support agents can't do anything about inworld problems and a Governing body investigates Abuse Reports. How long does it typically take them to take action? What other recourse do I have besides selling the parcel and leaving Second Life?

I uploaded the duck mesh and rezzed the object, but I don't see any duck. This is all I see after being on the test grid (Mesh 4)for about 15 minutes I am using the mesh project viewer, so is there something I need to configure in order to see the mesh objects?