Marcus Hancroft

Thank you all again for your all your help with those crazy things!

Dang it! After the region restart this morning, they were back to their original position next to the front door! So, I edited them, and clicked "temporary" in the menu, and in 30 seconds they were gone. They just did NOT want to go away!

Qie! OMG That must have been YOU when I rezzed in! LMAO! I figured that out just now too! When I thought I was grabbing the patio floor (under the grass prim) every time, I was actually grabbing the stupid weed prim! So, I moved that prim under the deck and out of the entrance to the club. Yes, it was named 'Object' Stuff like that drives me absolutely crazy! I KNOW I can fix it, but thinking I couldn't was infuriating! Thank you so much for all the help, Sir! FINALLY...this problem is SOLVED!

OK, this morning, I had a brainstorm...what if I derendered the two ground prims, and turned off the surface patch? Then I could get right to the bottom of them and not be obscured by them?! So, I tried THAT. And still, no luck. I just kept getting the ground prims again. So, that didn't work.

I saw that rod also, Aethlwine. It's part of the doorway. There are two large prims one of grass cover, the other of tiles that are sitting right on top of the ground and every time I try to select one of them I just grab the tile prim. And thank you for the compliment on the club! We've been there for over 6 years now!

Thanks for that idea, Qie! The ones I can't grab are Grass - Tall 1. I rezzed them on my own parcel to make sure. And I was able to easily delete them. At the club though...not!

Unfortunately, none of these suggestions have worked. I still can't select ANY of them and they do not show up in Area Search. Unless they are not named "weeds" or "grass"

Some of the crazy Linden Weeds have appeared at our club entrance and none of us can grab them to get rid of them (of course)! They do not show up when you turn on alpha (ctrl - Alt - T), so there's no way to try to delete them that way either! I've had them show up on one my parcels some time back, and I had to grab them (if I remember correctly) just under the ground. This is not working now, however. Anybody have ANY suggestions on how to delete these ugly things, because all of us are frustrated with the whole affair! Thank you if you can help! Marcus H. https://gyazo.com/e82fe7b368121c9c6a3da4840256c36a

Yes! The full sim size megas! I forgot about those too! Good memories!

Please do, Miss Emma! Loved your post!

No, no, Tarina! You are welcome to reply! 😁 And I'm happy you did! OMG, I forgot about the torches!

my avatar was born in SL. I got to type in my first name, and then choose from a list of last names, to complete my avatar name. I chose Hancroft, because it was a "normal" sounding last name. Back then, once rezzed, new residents found themselves on Orientation Island. There were stations they would go to, to learn how to fly, how to change clothes, and other main functions they would use inworld. The largest size prim one could create was 10m X 10m. There were megaprims a person could get at "Builders Brewery" (or websites devoted to delivering mega's to avatars inworld) that were larger than the maximum prim size, some over 100M, but if one tried to edit the size on those megaprims, they would automatically revert to the 10X10's. There was no such thing as mesh. Clothes were layers on our avatars bodies, not attachments, though most did have sculpted prims that were included to complete the outfit. (collars, skirts, etc) There were voting stands one could click at venues to vote it up in the rankings. There were poseballs on every piece of furniture. Sometimes we couldn't log in and would get the "Monkey's are working on things" notice. I had several plots of land on Weta Island in the Irukandji Continent, which was over 50 sims large. I miss Irukandji a LOT. Now, I look around SL, and everything looks so good! Our avatars are orders of magnitude better! Buildings are much better! Mesh is much more realistic! Still, I think back to those early days with fondness. Remembering the times I accidentally wore a box on my hand instead of rezzing it on the ground to open it and looking like a fool. The genitals all the fellas had was the Realasm. The Lucky Chairs, just waiting for the letter "M" to come up, so I could pounce and get a prize of some sort! And more. So tell me, all you other oldsters, what do you remember about 2008 in SL? Do you say something to the people you see inworld who have your same last name like I do? (I call them cousins!)

EJ, you have to turn off the RLV before you can remove the collar if it's locked. I'm assuming you're using the Firestorm Viewer. At the top of your screen, click Advanced. Scroll down to "RestrainedLove API" and uncheck it. Relog. The RLV will be off then and you can detatch the collar. Before you do though, click the collar and see if you get a menu. If you do, click "Owners," find the person you want to remove, click their name, and select "Remove." You can also click "Run away" to get rid of them, but know that they will get a message from OC informing them that you "ran away."

When I joined SL in 2008, we got to choose from a list of last names when we created our accounts. In that list were a few "gimmick" names which I had no interest in. So, I chose Hancroft because it was the "normalest" name in the list at the time. Since those names appeared for only a short time and never again, anytime I see another Hancroft in my SL travels, I always IM them and say "Hello, Cousin!" Of course I've gotten some strange looks and responses along the lines of; "And who are you?" LOL!

Back in 2016, and on this thread, I stated that I would not go with a mesh body, and was perfectly happy with my legacy avatar. In the two years since, I have changed to the Aesthetic male mesh avatar, got tired of that (even though I spent thousands on clothes for it), and finally went with the Signature Gianni body and the Catwa Daniel head. I have tried several skins and once I found Birth, that's where I've stayed. So yes, I have moved into the mesh avatar, and I'm very happy with how I look now! I've spent a lot of money to get my avatar right, but it's very satisfying once you do! I'm really looking forward to the Bakes On Mesh system going live, though I'm not sure how system clothes are going to look on my Gianni body. If it works likes what I'm seeing posted around, wearing some of my old system clothes is going to be fun!

Rolig is right, Clancy. You may not use any copyrighted image (logo, character, etc.) in any of your uploaded textures. She is also right that Disney is one of the most strict companies with their images, and you will get a DMCA from them faster than you can say "Jack Robinson." Make your own textures.

Rhys Goode wrote: I hate to tell you Zenrei. But if you *need* to use the collar to have your sub dress as you wish, and when you wish, they are not really your sub at all. *laughs* I just prefer to dress or undress them myself as I want. Yes, I could order them to put on or take off what I want them to wear or not wear. But if they have no say in the matter, the Dom aspect is reinforced.

I have had a legacy avatar since I was born in SL in 2008. There are many reasons. I have spent literally hundreds of dollars over the years on clothing and accessories for my avatar, and I am loathe to give them all up. Secondly, I have also looked into the mesh avatars and they are all exceedingly expensive! TMP avatars are over L$13,000 to get the full package!! That's over $50,00USD! Not everybody can afford that or wants to spend that much on their avatar all at once. I don't want to spend that much. Thirdly, and since I am in the D/s scene, the alpha layers and mesh attachments are very difficult to discern when looking through a collar or ring menu. I don't want one of my subs wearing a mesh body. Fourthly, the male mesh bodies are most times, WAY out of porportion! (this is the reason I chose TMP) Most of them look like they have "moobs" and I'm not interested in having man boobs. So, for now, I will stick with my legacy avatar. I get told all the time how sexy I look. I see no reason to start all over again with a new avatar now.

Tari Landar wrote: I have gone around inworld wearing some of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen...I have no regrets But then...I don't much care what others think about what I wear, so there's that. As for wearing a medical device of some sort out in public, I see nothing wrong with that. I've gotten a lot of flack for my kid wearing her medical devices, at varying times throughout her still somewhat young life, from others. It annoyed me, frustrated me, angered me, and saddened me, at one time. Now, I just laugh at folks who point, stare, make fun, and think they get to decide what she can and cannot wear out in public A little advice from someone who has also been on the receiving end of those stares, finger points and judgmental commentary from the peanut gallery....no one gives a crap if you want to see it or not, nor do they care if you think it is taboo. For some folks, it's merely an extension of their body, albeit often temporary. Give folks a break, it takes a bit of courage to leave the house knowing that others are going to take issue with it. Having to leave the house with medical equipment, isn't much of a picnic to begin with, just be grateful you don't have to, and keep moving along about your day. It's no longer cool to pick on folks less medically fortunate than yourself. Times, they are a changin' Howdy, Miss Tari, I have absolutely no problem with people wearing medical devices out in public. Heck, I work in a nursing facility where a lot of my residents have catheters, colostomy bags, oxygen, and all manner of things to help them go on living. However, there are things to help make those devices discreet. The fella in the doughnut shop? He could have wore long pants. Nobody needs to see his urine sloshing around in a clear bag strapped to his leg. Especially in an eating establishment. No, he only walked out of his house like that to garner sympthy. I would never point and snicker at anyone who had to wear a medical device. I knew, before I even started this thread, that I was gonna get the "It's the fashion police" posts. People saying that this is SL and people can be and do whatever they want, and...the rest. My whole point to this thread was to try to show, in a few words, what can happen if one doesn't take a few minutes when they change cloithes to inspect how things are attached. If my post helps one new person, then all the flack is worth it.

I am constantly amazed at how people leave the house and present themselves in public nowadays in the real world. Some can't even be bothered to shower and wash their hair! And so as I travel around this wonderful world of Second Life, I am even MORE astounded at those who just attach something and have no care whether it's right or not. I'll give you an example: Today, I went to one of my normal hangouts, and there was this dude there who was a complete wreck. He was wearing a pair of glasses, and the left side of those glasses were tilted up into his forehead. His prim chest hair was hovering out from his body about three feet, he was wearing a females prim pregnancy belly which was this really pale white, while his avatar skin was very tan, and it was WAY too small for his gigantic body! He was old enough to know better than all that mess, too. So I ask you...is the carelessness we see out in the world every day making its way into SL as well? Are we going to start seeing avatars walking around in shorts with a catheter bag strapped to their legs? (I saw that last summer in a doughnut shop! Dude walked in wearing shorts, and here was a catheter bag strapped around his leg just full of urine for all the world to see!) So here's a tip, folks: When you attach something, swing your camera around, zoom in on it and inspect its fit from all angles. If it is tilted wrong, or hovering off your body, fix it. Have a care. You can be as beautiful as you want in this marvelous world. You just have to double check things once in a while.

Howdy, Miss Chic! Yeah, I was thinkin legacy avatars. I didn't even think about mesh bodies and hands. Okay...time to think this through some more. Ha! Thank you for your efforts!

You need a rotate script inside the sign prim, Iliana. I think I might have one I can send you. I'll be inworld shortly and check.

I'm building an item that, in the end, will need to be held in the hand, and so I'm looking for a way to close the avatar hand around it when it is attached. I've searched the marketplace for a holding animation with no luck. It seems like I've seen other attachments close the hand when they were attached, so I know it's possible...I just need to learn how. Anybody have any suggestions? :-)

Hoorenbeek is one of my favorites (but he hasn't adpoted liquid mesh (or fitted mesh) yet. Another of my favorites is Redgrave. She was one of the pioneers of liquid mesh I think and I love her designs. I've worn her male skins for several years now! Check those out too.

HayleyDixon wrote: @ Marcus...thanks sooo much for sharing the step by step instructions on how to do the bulk editing with everyone. I wasn't sure how it was done. Miss Hayley, you're quite welcome! Hopefully others who don't know how will also see those instructions so they can get it done easily also!