Arduenn Schwartzman

The entire body is likely No Mod, so you would not be able to reset the scripts. Once a stack-heap collision occurs in a No Mod object, there's nothing you can do about it anymore. The only two possible fixes are to either try and find another copy of the same body in your inventory and use that one, or have one redelivered from the redelivery terminal.

Marketplace Search / sort by Relevance seems to have been restored (rolled back?) to pre-2023, ('pre-ChatGPT'?) again, as far as I can tell.

I'm gonna say something crazy here: I bet LL saw their income from their 10% proceeds from MP sales double since they rolled back their 'Relevance' search algorithm last week.

Except for my latest product, that I added to MP 6 days ago. It's completely gone.

Just add an elaborate excuse as to why you don't do Voice in SL, obfuscate with 'no cam, no pics', add that you're bisexual but prefer girls, include a quote by Albert Einstein and you're good to go. Excuses for being so oddly specific, btw, but you'd be amazed to learn how many female avatars in SL each tick all of the above boxes.

Reflections on glass are a bit wonky. The darker parts are alpha blending, but above a certain threshold, it becomes masking (100% opaque) instead. I'm not sure it that's because of technical restrictions or unintentional, or maybe I missed a setting. [Update] In most environment settings, especially high-ambient lighting, it looks fine. With the standard 'Midday' setting it looks weird. But then everything looks weird with Midday.

No worries, I'm a complete amateur myself. It's everyone's world, everyone's imagination, right? Also, I agree that 'professional' should be taken with a grain of salt.

SL will run like a dream on most 2000-$ computers. Unless your avatar is standing in a region that's landscaped and furnished with mesh objects that are made by amateurs. That's would be almost all the time, almost everywhere. Don't expect a dramatic increase in frame rate in SL with the latest and greatest hardware. The bottleneck will always be whether you're surrounded by mesh objects and mesh clothing with badly-optimized LoDs and rendering costs.

So steaming pile of topics. So projection.

For SL it might make some difference depending on what you are doing in there. There may be a slight improvement in responsiveness when it comes to moving your avatar around and when it comes to editing items in-world. There will definitely be an improvement in bulk-uploading sounds and images. But don't just do it for SL. Do it for future proofing and an overall better internet experience, including file-sharing, backing up, other cloud-based tasks. And also, internet speeds over fiber may increase with better cheaper technologies over time, where copper-based internet tech will likely stagnate. [Update] It's definitely better for screen-sharing/streaming in Discord, Skype or the like.

Or professional editors to show them how to buy or rent land and a house and rez it and decorate it, or do breedables and rpg games and a professional for everything.

I have this utterly brilliant, and totally original new idea. Are you ready? How about giving newbies a demo outfit in a folder that requires a simple 'Replace Outfit' instead of making them log into a strange account? Seems simpler, faster, safer and legaller.

Long ago, there were sandboxes (I believe Little Blue/Fermi) that had speed-building contests. I'd love to see those again. With prims, of course - everything in-world. [Edit] The hobo community also had a game called Primsumption. It was like Pictionary, but in 3D - the audience had to guess what was being built by a contestant.

Oh, here's a few common achievements that deserve a medal, or at least an honorable mention on a leader board: Attached plywood box on right hand Made plywood box say "Hello, avatar." Being caged and orbited in sandbox Can't stop dancing after TP Detached rigged hair upon adding wearing freebie *** Bitten by a vampire Being adopted Feet in ground Ran away from family Joined vampire clan Witnessed vampire clan disband after drama Friends faking their RL disease/death (5 = Level 1, 50 = Level 2, etc.) Nude beach *** trap dodged Married (5 = Level 1, 50 = Level 2, etc.) Unpartnered (5 = Level 1, 50 = Level 2, etc.) Given birth to twins (5 = Level 1, 50 = Level 2, etc.) Paid L$5000 for 'rare' breedable Sitting inside a chair until someone tells you to turn off your AO Double-click TP & land at fixed landing point blues Suffered irretrievable loss of valuable No Copy objects Clicking 'x+' and then 'y+' and then 'z+' and then 'z-' before avatar moves in correct direction upon adjusting position Group slot ceiling reached Making 'bonk bonk bonk' sounds while trying to fly Encountered 12 year-old boys with nude female avatars being loud and obnoxious on Voice Receiving 'constructive criticism' pertaining appearance from complete stranger Bonus achievement: finding furniture with actual poseballs on non-abandoned land Oh man, I could go on all day. So many achievements to unlock.

Dread by association. Psy-op mission accomplished. *evil laughter* Too bad Zuck didn't go with 'The Day After' as a name for his Twitter clone. I'd have reached a much bigger audience.

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I expect it to be a look-back to 20 years of SL, so, logically, with a mix of old and new aesthetics. But it appears not just to be about the looks, but also history, motivation, the communities, impact on people's first lives. And all these aspects make SL a very diverse beast that won't let itself capture in a sugar-coated, MCU-style promotional video. All in all, it's typical Drax Files-style video, very similar to the series he did in the 2010s, and the Made In SL series after that.

No, it doesn't. Clickbait title. But I get the idea. The fallacy is that you're comparing, on the one hand, SL that is filled with not so optimized, user-created content, and, on the other AAA games, the worlds of which are filled with highly optimized content made by experienced pros. Also, SL content needs to be streamed from the internet. Contrary, most AAA games load their content directly off your local SSD as you go.

That's a lousy argument for claiming that some tech that has not yet widely adopted will be in the future. How long have these VR goggles been the next big thing now? I'm not saying they won't be in the future., not that I wouldn't want them to. I've seen a whole spectrum of failed and revolutionary tech, to an extent that I'm not holding my breath anymore. All the next big things I've seen over the years have desensitized me quite a bit. Back in the day, they knew how to make stuff.

Five-bit paper tape FTW! (Guess the computer.)

I'm on a 60% mechanical keyboard* .. there is no key labelled page up (Fn+Enter) That's the biggest issue, nowadays. A lot of modern keyboards no longer have Page Up keys anymore. This makes it particularly hard to both fly forward and upward at the same time in SL. Not to mention flying forward and downward at the same time. You'd have to hold at least four keys at opposite ends on your keyboard for that. I don't envy the new round of mentors.

I'll raise you one: "Where is the Page Up key?" More and more people don't seem to know anymore.

Well, the memes are fun.