Vin Soulstar

May 14, 2019

Good morning everyone.

April 12, 2019

16 hours ago, Orwar said:

Shu Mesh also has a lot of cybernetics. I think they rig for Signature, too.

Thanks Orwar.

April 11, 2019

On 4/10/2019 at 2:54 PM, Skell Dagger said:

Contraption have these SK3L3T0 Arms at their mainstore:

The decals can be changed or removed. They're rigged for Jake, Gianni, Slink M F & HG, Lara, and Freya (shown here on Gianni). They also have matching legs currently out at Neo-Japan event.

19 hours ago, Reyetta Claven said:

Yep! that's the one.

SOUL, Neurolab, and Contraption, in general, the best places to buy high-quality cybernetics and sci-fi accessories, largely in that order.

Thank you everyone. I'll be sure to check them all out tomorrow, I really appreciate it.

April 11, 2019

On 4/10/2019 at 3:10 PM, Zeta Vandyke said:

Even though I have been following you (and your wife (congratz!)) on Flickr, its nice to see you back here again

Thank you Zeta, I'll try not to be a stranger as much.

April 10, 2019

Well it's been a long time since I posted in this thread. I've been a little busy, finally found my soulmate so spending a lot of time with her but here is my latest look. (Well actually my only look, my wife would kill me if I changed it too much) lol

April 10, 2019

Hi All

It's been a while posting in the forums, I hope everyone is well.

I just wanted to ask if anyone knew of any good quality cybernetic/robotic arms I could look at. I have the signature body so something that is matched to that body would be appreciated ort something close.

For some reason my mouse/PC is playing up so I can't correct the spelling. lol

August 2, 2018

20 hours ago, Callum Meriman said:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fanci Deep NW/166/67/2

There be sharks here, and mermaids.

19 hours ago, Resi Pfeffer said:

If im not completely wrong, the firestorm® sim(s) have a pretty amazing underwater world.

17 hours ago, Alyona Su said:

There are a lot of places all over SL. The best place to start is Fancy's Deep (built for mermaids) - an amazing group of sims all dedicated to underwater beauty. The Firestorm sim is cute, but Fancy's Deep is where it's at. (It's at the east end of the BLake Sea).

After that, search "Mermaid" to find amazing underwater builds all over the grid.

That is probably where I was going wrong, I was searching for the words 'scuba' etc.

11 hours ago, animats said:

Try the waters around New Babbage. It's not publicized much, but there's quite a bit down there.

Thank you all so very much, I will log in now and have a look.

July 30, 2018

Hello again everyone.

Does anyone know of some good scuba diving sims?

I have looked around the last few days but can't seem to find any decent ones, ones with sharks would be good so I can scare my partner.

July 9, 2018

1 minute ago, Chic Aeon said:

No sorry not Adult rated. M

Well that's OK, I have it landmarked now for the more moderate picture.

July 9, 2018

1 minute ago, Chic Aeon said:

Oh yes, shadow settings can be LETHAL! I always take a shot before fiddling with them because they can cause a crash on most any machine. You didn't TELL USE you were fiddling around in the PhotoTools! LOL. That was likely your issue although the other thoughts can certainly come into play.

I promise to be more informative with my next question.

July 9, 2018

1 minute ago, Chic Aeon said:

As a TEST you might zip over to LEA6 which is the Machinima Open Studio Project. I designed it to be photography friendly and while there ARE some heavy textures in the sim (not mine :D) they are on decor items and mostly inside. It "should" make picture taking easier with no crashing. There are many levels and you can find a landmark giver here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA6/131/128/23

Before I bought my current machine a couple of years ago, there were several sims that I couldn't use (let alone take photos in) because of the heavy mesh and textures. AND, things have become worse since then, not better. So your favorite photography sims while OhSoPretty may be the underlying cause of your issues.

Thanks Chic, is the sim Adult?

I am trying to get an arty black and white at the moment so had to ask.

July 9, 2018

On 08/07/2018 at 2:42 AM, Whirly Fizzle said:

Have you raised the "Quality of Shadows" setting above default?
Preferences -> Graphics -> Rendering -> Quality of the Shadows.

The default setting is 1.0.
Raising this setting too high can crash the viewer when taking a large sized snapshot.
If you have a good system, you may get away with setting it at 2, 3 is iffy, 4 will crash a Titan

Wow turned settings to ultra and checked my shadows setting and they were on 4....

Turning them down to around 2 and that seems to of stopped the crashing, thank you so so much. <3

July 9, 2018

On 08/07/2018 at 2:42 AM, Whirly Fizzle said:

Have you raised the "Quality of Shadows" setting above default?
Preferences -> Graphics -> Rendering -> Quality of the Shadows.

The default setting is 1.0.
Raising this setting too high can crash the viewer when taking a large sized snapshot.
If you have a good system, you may get away with setting it at 2, 3 is iffy, 4 will crash a Titan

Thanks Whirly, I will give your suggestion a go now. I just tried taking another picture and it's crashing on me again, Different sim though so I'm wondering if the sim I am on has something to do with it maybe.

On 07/07/2018 at 12:07 PM, Chic Aeon said:

Interesting! I wouldn't have thought a Windlight setting could cause a crash. MINE are the ones called "Places". Made LONG LONG ago. We will have new Windlight opportunities to bond with or conquer soon. All good.

Well I am guessing that they still update Win 8 now and then too. I have had "issues" with updates, most I have been able to fix or work around. Lots of people in the world using lots of different programs. Difficult to test for everything. Good luck.

Thanks Chic.

July 7, 2018

27 minutes ago, Chic Aeon said:

IF photos on ultra were fine before and not now, and if it happens in various sims (hence level of details and possibly heavy mesh and textures) then I SUSPECT that it has something to do with your operating system? I am in Win10 Pro and I have lately (maybe a month) had crashes when using depth of field while having one or more other avatars on. IF I reboot my computer and only have ME on then I am OK. This has not been the story in the past.

So, I am guessing that there has been a change in Windows (could certainly be true with other operating systems to) that are causing the problem.

My Windows updates automatically when I sleep and SOMETIMES it isn't a positive thing (not new news). I doubt seriously it is Firestorm, but it could be a specific software conflict. It might be painful, but I suggest taking some trial shots on ultra with the Linden viewer or another and see if the issue persists.

Meanwhile the only fix I have found is to only have one viewer running. That translates into "simplify" in whatever way you can. Even turning down your draw distance might solve your issue. Think of things that you really don't HAVE to have for your photo and change those settings in Preferences.

Good luck.

Thank you so much for replying Chic.

I just tried using a different WL setting and it didn't crash on me this time, I was using the Phototools WL settings and just used the TOR ones then and it was fine.

I am using Windows 8.1 but I will try a few things as you suggested.

July 7, 2018

Quick question.

Does anyone know why Firestorm would crash when taking pictures on ultra setting?

It only seems to happen when i click the snapshot button and it has never done it in the past, I have tried clearing my cache's, reinstalling Firestorm and trying to take pictures on different sims and it still crashes.

Any help would be appreciated as I can no longer do one of my hobbies which is SL photography.

June 18, 2018

June 14, 2018

Relaxing by the camp fire.

June 14, 2018

I'm not sure you will find a skin with no 'pores'

Skin makers tend to have the odd blemish or two which adds to the realism and besides if you had no pores you're skin couldn't breath.

Search in world for makers like L'Etre, LAQ, 7 Deadly Skins, Glam Affair just to name a few.

No need for links, google is you're friend or search in game and TP to the stores and always try demo's before buying.

June 13, 2018

I figured it was about time I found some new hair.

June 11, 2018

16 hours ago, Skell Dagger said:

Feeling introspective tonight.

Love the tattoo with the 'Vegvisir' on your hand, iv'e never seen a tattoo in SL with that.

It's was the first tattoo I was going to give myself when I had a few beers and ordered a tattoo gun in RL (everyone thinks their an artist when drunk right??). Tattoo gun finally arrives in the mail and a few beers later to get the dutch courage up and away I went ......I gave up trying to tattoo myself from then on when I realised I should of used a stencil instead of freehand and finished the North symbol and realised I wouldn't have enough space for it all.