Charlotte Bartlett
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On 10/28/2021 at 12:49 PM, Blaze Nielsen said:
The former limits were $20,000 income and 200 transactions.‘s. So practically nobody would ever get a 1099 from Second Life. A transaction being defined as Tilia funds being deposited in your PayPal bank account. So my question is will the funds being converted by Tilia into US dollars to pay Linden Lab tier be considered income and expense as taxable
Many creators hit this and get them
+ Yes the moment you transfer into USD it’s reportable. You can then just offset it with the cost of tier as a deductible in your Schedule C or equivalent. So if you are net net zero (exchange 245 USD and pay 245 USD tier) you won’t pay tax, but you must report both the income and the deductible. If income exceeds the deductible you will then pay tax.
Your CPA will know this as it’s basic tax stuff. But you can also deduct any USD fees too on the assumption you are running this as a business.
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On 10/22/2021 at 8:52 AM, Naiman Broome said:Where?
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8 hours ago, Naiman Broome said:I am finding though that the problem is not much the texture sizes, because those once loaded are in your cache dir so are downloaded, but the number of polygons of items , this seems to be to me the biggest cause of lag ... What you think?
There is a thread I put up on here about a 100K poly basket (tiny thing under a sink) and LODS - how many Tris are the vases at each LOD?
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3 hours ago, Lillith Hapmouche said:
@Charlotte Bartlett Better replace your vendor system 😁 It warned me that I had already purchased two of the four houses you had on sale this weekend.
I totally would have bought again 😉
Hah!! No never want to charge somebody twice ❤️❤️❤️
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1 hour ago, Chic Aeon said:
And before I read the other replies I said to myself "200 - 250. So we seem to be more or less in agreement. It isn't so much SIZE or even ROOMS -- it is about maximizing the details simply so that they don't start racking up land impact. Since I am a minimalist at heart it isn't difficult for me to do that.
And to @Charlotte Bartlett I just moved from one of you houses (modern, two rooms with one mostly open to the elements and a very big pool) to a little beach cabin sitting on a big rock. This over at the community beach sim. I like them both but the rock one is now on the corner with almost no neighbors (my original one WAS the corner for awhile LOL) and it seems more cozy for winter. There are palm trees all around my back entrance but I mostly blocked out the windows and can pretend I am on the Scottish coast or whatever
. The other views are all water.
Oh you have the rock one yay!! ❤️❤️❤️
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On 10/7/2021 at 3:35 AM, ChinRey said:
I think you missed the point. This is a house fom Roblox, not SL and it's for sale there for "$200,000". I do assume that means 200,000 roblox (their in-game valuta) but even if it does, it still translates to 2,500 very real U.S. dollars. Judging by the comments on Roblox' fan wiki, it must have sold a few copies too.
Damn I better get myself an account and start making houses there!
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22 hours ago, Da5id Weatherwax said:
I will say up front that the comparable project I'm working on at the moment is not yet complete so I have nothing to compare against. However, before I see what my project ends up as, I'd like to see what the real experts on here would come up with as a guess for the final weight of a similar building.
The brief is a 4-bedroom stone-built scottish mansion over three floors with drawing room, large dining room, grand hall (double height), kitchen, conservatory, library (double height with gallery), study, ballroom (double height), master suite to include an additional bathroom and a private balcony. There will be an additional stairwell downwards to a wine cellar but the wine cellar is not included in this buildings budget as it will be a separate construction accessed via an experience-TP half way down the stairs.
The question which I invite you to answer is this:
If you were contemplating making this, before you even put a single vertex into Blender, what would you guess would be the sort of LI budget you'd be shooting for? You can assume land constraints are not a factor, so you have no hard target to aim for, you just want to be as efficient as you can while still making it look good and it being a seamless experience walking through the main building.
Unfurnished if you want details eg cornices I would say up to 275 LI.
if you can do the window LODs and imposters that’s a big win on saving the LI…..
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On 10/11/2021 at 8:12 AM, Naiman Broome said:in My sim I use hundreds of plants ( mine ) and I have 0 lag, in upper sky I used lot of vases bought on mkt and there I have lag.
You may want to check what size textures are on the vases (as there are some horrific things out there on Marketplace like that that end up with 8 x 1024 textures on one item).
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5 minutes ago, HarrisonMcKenzie said:
Yeah, but who wants to log in with the LL viewer?
I tried, I really did - lasted about 3 minutes and crashed on LL Viewer....
Application Specific Information:
abort() called
Second Life Release(5589,0x110696e00) malloc: tiny_free_list_remove_ptr: Internal invariant broken (next ptr of prev): ptr=0x7ff15c8e5610, prev_next=0x7ff15c8e5620
I think somebody really did break the internet today. -
Ditto - I have it too.
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2 hours ago, Sandra8675 said:
I'm looking for the inworld store specifically not MP. ty though
You also said on MP….
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Any mesh over 100k triangles should I hope stop being uploaded!! I would love LL to put a limit in…
Also check you don’t have detailed logging on as that slows you down a little.
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12 hours ago, Sandra8675 said:
The house does not come with anything in the folder that makes it so you can 'save' the house after making changes to it.
Hi there - if you ever need help you can always contact me in world!
I tend to avoid Rez boxes for houses these days when I can and just use one piece if that is what you mean by "does not come with anything in the folder that you can save". You simply would save the house itself to your inventory!
For houses if you are making changes to them e.g popping on. your own texture:
The way SL works with mod/copy items:
(a) You can simply keep clicking the house at intervals, then right click, select edit and take copy.
(b) The original remains there in world, and the copy you took goes back into the same folder (so in this case the Scarlet Creative folder)
(c) Taking often "back ups" to inventory like this, will allow you to revert to previous versions.
(d) I would also rename them once you have in that folder e.g. "textured green" "added balcony" etc you can use the description field too for small notes.
(e) You can then sort by most recent in Inventory to see the latest in order.
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If you do revert to a copy you took, you don't need to move things around. just copy the coordinates in edit (under object) - press the C key (or Control C) by them if using Firestorm When popping one of the other copies out just press P (or Control V) for it to perfectly align back to where you had the copy you just deleted.
I hope that helps you on some of the parts of how to use the viewer for things like this - I always recommend getting au fait with the basic tools like edit etc so you can leverage these.
Note this does not apply to a gacha item if you brought from a third party who would have given you a transfer copy non copy. (If from me hopefully you have already exchanged for mod/copy!)-
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46 minutes ago, Finite said:
Ha ya. I was just going by what Slate Linden said in his reply to me in regards to SL's ToS. Tilia processes credit according to SL's ToS (and their own). "Second Life is not an alternative to a real-world money transmitter." - Slate Linden Account Security. When I said SL I was referring to Second Life. Not Tilia. If that makes sense. Tilia seems to be setup to process credits for other games, not just Second Life. Even though they are both owned by Linden Labs, they are separate entities.
Edit: interesting read
So funny when you first typed that response - I missed the Slate Linden bit and was thinking wait what SLATE covered this (the website)... Anyhow, that's def true SL is not an alternative for that!!
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1 hour ago, Finite said:
Yes Tilia is but they're a separate entity to SL. So SL isn't a money transmitter as per what Slate said. Tilia money transmitter. SL virtual world with virtual currency but not a money transmitter.
Tilia is a subsidiary of Linden Lab that offers certain financial services to the Second Life community and helps Second Life comply with U.S. laws and regulations. As of August 1, 2019, Tilia assumes management of your account's U.S. dollar balance in the form of your Tilia account. Tilia FAQ
SL is a platform not a company ....so could never be listed in any regulatory sense anywhere under the BSA. It always has to be the legal entity providing services...
The moment you use the Lindex (selling L$) and receive USD it's part of your US$ Tilia Account Balance not your "SL" Balance. That's real life money transmitting.I do think I get what you are trying to say - but using the term SL is confusing in your paragraph.
Linden Research Inc. simply separated out the "real money" part to create Tilia Inc. (and this is where I think your point is). For multiple reasons, but I suspect one was to protect further the concept of L$ remaining as "tokens" versus any confusion that L$ could be a convertible virtual currency. It was a smart move. Can you imagine having to do things like vat, sales tax etc on each micro transaction at the creator level..... hence I think you mean L$ versus "SL" and the L$ are not a reportable transaction (at this point in time).
Prior to that Linden Research Inc was the registered MSB as mentioned; however regulation has been tightening (and is again based on the current flavor of the month). Their timing was impeccable on that front in creating Tilia Inc.
I am pretty sure only you and I are finding this interesting at this stage!! ha.
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On 9/7/2021 at 11:35 PM, Finite said:
Doesn't seem to have anything to do with the the Lindex and more to do with SL not wanting to be regulated like a money transmitter..
Edit: I should clarify. Lindens you buy have no equity. Lindens you earn technically do since these can be converted to USD and sent to your bank account and not just sit as a credit on your Tilia though legally in the US they currently don't have equity but my understanding is they do in some countries.
1. Tilia Inc. is a registered Money Service Business and has the required registrations with FinCEN per the Banking Secrecy Act in the US under 31 CFR 1022.380(a)-(f) (that's a mouthful ha). Tilia Inc. is registered for activities 409 and 414. Linden Research Inc. was historically registered too before they created Tilia Inc.
409 is a Money Transmitter Service.
414 is a Provider of Prepaid Access.
Hence they are fully regulated as a money transmitter and it's why we have to do things like provide proper RL identity information for cashing out.
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7 hours ago, Rolig Loon said:
It's a balancing act between two weighted criteria in the program. Offers that have been open for a longer time have higher precedence than ones that were made more recently. And, offers made at a more "attractive" price (that is, sell offers that are most attractive to buyers and buy offers that are most attractive to sellers) have a higher precedence than those that are less attractive. The second one -- the price criterion -- usually wins, so your offer gets quicker attention if you offer a more attractive price. However, the longer your offer stays on the table, the more weight it gets each time a potential trade is considered. That's why all those offers at L$239/USD are usually filled in a few days, even though there are some more recent offers on the table at L$240. In theory, an offer made at a ridiculously low price -- probably by some resident who didn't understand the process and then abandoned his offer in frustration -- might be filled a year or more from now. I suspect, though, that most of those are never filled or, if they are, it's long after the account owners have left SL.
EDIT: Another way to think about it is exactly as you phrased it. You have an offer sitting at L$239 and there are "better" offers at L$240 ahead of you. Those turn over fairly quickly, so every once in a while the entire stack at L$240 is empty for a few seconds. Suddenly, your L$239 offer is attractive and it closes. As long as the queue above you is fairly small and turning over fast, your chance of getting in at L$239 is still pretty good. Don't forget, too, that a great many people are not using the Limit options. They place orders at the current market price. Those offers will tend to clean out the most attractive offers first.
One small correction - LL doesn't actually really "weight" limit orders. They simply queue.
And sales thrown in at 242 and above will always sell before 241,240, 239 etc.
Merchants/Barons also park L% at the lower rates (another topic).
I did find part of my old Lindex Guide which is separate to what I mentioned above!
Not financial or legal advice so take with a pinch of salt and reading this through now I would make a fair few changes! I also termed them Monday versus Sunday Sellers back in the day! Please ignore the typos galore, as I no longer have the final version - but for the OP the bit around how to understand limit sales may help,
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13 hours ago, SibyllVane said:
Would it be possible for someone like me - just a SL manager making the odd 100$ a month - to have access to any of the information? I would love to learn!
It's long gone I am afraid - we were talking to LL over a year ago posting it on the blog, but they never got to it sadly.
However, here is a specific example of a "Sunday Seller"
This person or persons has placed a limit sale at 242 - when (especially as LL is closed today) they could have placed it at 240 and likely with the average thru-put rate still got their USD in time for cash out end of tomorrow.
No biggie right? Except let's imagine that is a creator whom is cashing out 100,000 L weekly at two points above market, they are losing USD 178.88 a year (without fees taken into account). That could be a few months of utilities, or a car payment etc. Same for the people in 241 sales here with less than 13M on 240 they could have queued there for 24-48 hours... this especially goes for days when LL is closed as they only do cash out's when in the office.
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37 minutes ago, SibyllVane said:
thank you kindly @Charlotte Bartlett, that is some precious info!
So, say I am in no rush to cash out - does selling at 239 L$/US$ (with hundreds of millions kind of stagnating in there) make any sense? or anything lower than that, for that matter...?
239 assuming no major changes would take you at least a few weeks right now.
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53 minutes ago, Charlotte Bartlett said:
Supply Linden keeps the rates pretty stable.
Always use a limit sell, never a market sell (self explanatory).
Saturday through to early Monday - we have what we termed (in a private group) "Sunday Sellers". these are merchants who want to cash out on Monday and certain land barons. Those basically will put around 20 Million in at the best rate (so 240 per above) - so that will force you if you sell during that time, and want cash out to use 241 versus 240.
Linden does not process any cash outs during the weekend.
If you want to get a sale at 240 it's best to sell mid week and you will see that number dip below 2-3M (in recent times) - you will then sell same day, cash out Wednesday night and is some/most cases get your money into PayPal Thursday evening (24 hours). 239 sales we have obtained but to me looks like Supply L is pushing us a bit upwards recently.
I have pages and pages/post and posts (not on this forum) plus metrics showing thru put and specific behaviour over Lindex education. We did this last year as many merchants were losing hundreds of dollars a year by not understanding thru-put etc. E.g they would sell at 242 where there was only 30,000 Linden at 241 - they should have sold at 241 as it would still have closed same day etc.
Lol sorry somehow I quoted myself 😂
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4 hours ago, SibyllVane said:
Thank you everyone for the insight! Since I have you here, I would like to hear your opinion: looking at the rates right now,
https://gyazo.com/6bc31c434dcd9f2fe583f510e57e86and assuming I was to try the limit sell, is it likely that an order lower than that huuuuuge chunk at 239/1US$ would ever get sold? I did a small market sell and I'm happy about it, but I would like to give the limit sell a try at some point, since I'm in no rush of cashing out!
Supply Linden keeps the rates pretty stable.
Always use a limit sell, never a market sell (self explanatory).
Saturday through to early Monday - we have what we termed (in a private group) "Sunday Sellers". these are merchants who want to cash out on Monday and certain land barons. Those basically will put around 20 Million in at the best rate (so 240 per above) - so that will force you if you sell during that time, and want cash out at 241.
Linden does not process any cash outs during the weekend.
If you want to get a sale at 240 it's best to sell mid week and you will see that number dip below 2-3M (in recent times) - you will then sell same day, cash out Wednesday night and is some/most cases get your money into PayPal Thursday evening (24 hours).
I have pages and pages/post and posts (not on this forum) plus metrics showing thru put and specific behaviour over Lindex education. We did this last year as many merchants were losing hundreds of dollars a year by not understanding thru-put etc. E.g they would sell at 242 where there was only 30,000 Linden at 241 - they should have sold at 241 as it would still have closed same day etc.
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Super useful post! Albeit the workflow one too from Tonk is a great guide for detailed furniture / cloth if you are baking in substance painter. That’s the flow I use too.
. The other views are all water.
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Posted · Edited by Charlotte Bartlett
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Hi Merchants
Any recommendations for a robust HUD script/seller.
I am creating a HUD using third party HUD scripts for sale to merchants for a range of furniture and need it to cope with changing say 20 different items with around 500 UUIDs/textures in a scene.
I started with one but it's not quite right,
I do have PXL SmartHud but haven't tested that yet and before I go down the rabbit hole of learning another HUD config and the sheer amount of work it is, I was looking for recommendations from any other creators who have done similar 1 Hud x Multiple Mesh objects e.g a detailed bedroom, kitchen set or bathroom.
Thanks!