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    New theme is Revealed!.....Newbrooke...

    in Linden Homes

    Posted · Edited by Jammy Voxel

    I was already sold before the redo. Now, with the colors and textures added, and the nice little window blinds, showing what is possible, I'm really taken with these models. The neighborhood feels very light and clean to me. Love the corner streetlamps. Yeah, I'm giving up my Trad for this for sure.

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    World Map Update Failing Again!

    in Second Life Server

    Posted

    I can't offer anything useful, really, but I do want to acknowledge and support your experience.

    I recall looking at the World Map right around the days that the Bellisseria fantasy regions first went live and observing that they fell off the map at certain zoom levels. I also observe that some of them still fall off when zooming out, today. It seems to be the newer ones along the west coast that do that. Same with the new house boats off the eastern and southern shores of the chalet regions of Bellisseria.

    I agree that there was a short period of time where the map was resolving adequately, and it appears as if there's been some quality loss since that time.

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    Leeward Cruising Club

    in Favorite Destinations

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Eowyn Southmoor said:

    Jammy, not sure if they offer cruises at a time convenient for you, but i would check out Rainbow Sails Yacht Club. They run weekly cruises on Saturday and Sunday, and their main marina can be found here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Osprey Ridge/144/106/25

     

    Eowyn, I joined that general sailing group so that I could see cruise announcements from a number of clubs and saw an announcement for Rainbow. I sailed with them yesterday and found it to be a world of difference from LCC. I will be trying to join more of their cruises. 

    I'm simultaneously gratified that I didn't imagine my experience and disappointed that you had similar experiences with LCC. 

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    Leeward Cruising Club

    in Favorite Destinations

    Posted

    9 hours ago, Aethelwine said:

    I often join LCCs Sunday cruises, The Tuesday ones are a bit late for me so rarely attend them, I have however been running cruises for other cruising clubs for around five years now.

    I am sad you had a bad experience with LCC, but I think it may perhaps be based on a misconception of what they are and expectations.

    It is certainly possible that I have a misconception about what they are, but they were the ones that invited new sailors at their SL18B exhibit. If they are unprepared for a large influx of new sailors, or there is conflict with existing members who don't want to deal with new sailors, that is unfortunate.

    9 hours ago, Aethelwine said:

    The cruises are run weekly by a handful of people and attended regularly by 30 or more people. It takes a few hours at least to plan each route and organise the DJs rights and destinations. In the hour before the start of the cruise the organisers time will be sending notices, talking in chat, organising the DJ and talking with people asking questions and wanting support, trying to move people away from the start to allow others to get in, ascertaining if reports of regions down are genuine and putting in Live chat requests for restarts. Sometimes that runs smoothly other times there are lots of requests to deal with, huds to send out because of notices not working for people, giving advice on problems. All the sailing cruises have cores of helpful people (often the same people) who look out to help out new sailors but they are unpaid have good days and bad days. But the bigger the event the more likely things will get missed. I know and have seen Kitten waiting on the dockside sometimes 30 minutes after the start of the Sunday cruises helping people get started. 

    I don't believe I questioned the commitment of any member of the LCC. I did note that I was offered quite detailed help by one member. I certainly implied that there were more unhelpful or snobby members in my three (an admittedly low number) group chat interactions. My first impression is that the number of existing members who are indifferent or possibly even hostile to new sailors outweighs that helpful core. But that is more a statement on human society than it is an impeachment of the LCC.

    9 hours ago, Aethelwine said:

    Not really something you can expect the cruise organisers to police.

    I did not ask for or expect policing. I related my experience to be informational to anyone else considering, or newly engaged with, the LCC. I regret that it sounded accusatory.

    9 hours ago, Aethelwine said:

    The Parade is a very different concept, the idea of it is to keep together and take your time, the boats used and speed are restricted, it works and works well but it is a very different concept. It is so far as I am aware the only club that approaches cruises in such a way, it functions successfully like that because of being relatively small community of participants. I am glad you like that, but judging other cruises by that is a comparison of styles of cruise rather than of specific clubs.

    I did not judge any other cruise based upon my positive experience with the Bellisseria Boat Parade. If you see language in my original post that suggests that then I will delete it. I did not intend to state any preference. I simply said that I enjoy the Bellisseria Boat Parade. Period.

    9 hours ago, Aethelwine said:

    It may be that the style and size of the LCC cruise is not for you,

    Agreed.

    9 hours ago, Aethelwine said:

    you may have had a bad experience there, but many people do enjoy them because of what they offer. 

    Doubtless.

    9 hours ago, Aethelwine said:

    For someone new to sailing I would suggest arriving at the start 30 minutes early asking your questions in nearby chat, being patient and understanding that the other people there are also individuals behind their screens, they may be new too and not have the confidence to explain their answers or be rushing balancing other pressures. I see support being given and offered routinely on LCC and other cruises and my perception is that the sailing community is a friendly one with many people that are willing and take the time regularly to support those testing the waters with advice and assistance.

    In my third interaction in group I went out to run the route the evening before the actual cruise, in order to prepare. In my group interactions at that time people were DECIDEDLY unhelpful and unfriendly. As you have noted, there is a core of helpful people, and they may not have been around during that particular interaction. I felt unwelcome in each interaction. That could very well just be me and not them. It might have been a bad fit. But it might also be a bad fit for others and my original post was, by intent, more a relation of my personal experience and less an indictment of a particular organization. As always, someone else's mileage may vary. But at least they will be informed going in.

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    Leeward Cruising Club

    in Favorite Destinations

    Posted

    1 hour ago, BJoyful said:

    Please don't give up on Leeward.  There are wonderful people in that Group

    Thank you for your advice but three interactions over several days was quite enough to sour me on that group. I accept that you know good people in the group. Unfortunately, with the one exception, I did not encounter them. I will not be returning to Leeward and will advise anyone who asks to avoid them as well.

    1 hour ago, BJoyful said:

    We enjoy the Tradewinds Yacht Club a lot as it's not as 'do or die' and I'm not a competitive sailor.  Tradewinds (TYC) usually has a Friday Cruise (not a race) and they send Notices with the route in a HUD and on a Notecard.  My partner and I generally attend FAR's Friday Party on FAR's 'boat yay!' in Ness Region at the time the TYC Friday Cruise is running live but we do the routes at our leisure because they are generally easy enough for beginning Sailors.  They do have a party with a DJ after.  We did attend a few of those and had a good time.  The other members were helpful and gave great advice and free boats from the Clubhouse!

    I will investigate Tradewinds.

    1 hour ago, BJoyful said:

    If you like a variety of adventures besides Sailing such as car cruises, short flights, themed adventures like our unforgettable  Viking Longship rowing adventure raiding the Mole Made treasures in the Bingo Straits or a Pirate Tall Ships & Galleons circumnavigating Nautilus, please join us on Thursdays from 11:30 AM to 2 PM (ish).  It's a Campbell Coast thing organized by @kitten Mills and @Uli Jansma of the Eulennest Group in Novatron Region  (Eulennest means Owl's Nest so look for the Owl on World Map in Novatron)  There is a Rez Zone there and lots of friendly help by some of the best sailors in SL.

    I'm familiar with the Campbell Coast and will take this under advisement if I can get free time during those hours.

    1 hour ago, BJoyful said:

    Also there is the Boat Parade in Bellisseria departing the Docks in Whiskey Bay Region adjacent to Bellisseria Fairgrounds Region every day at 4 PM SLT except on Sundays when it's Hot Air Balloon parade day at 4 PM SLT.  You can contact @Camden McAndrews or @Crystal Edelmann for LMs of the departure place(s).  I'm not sure where the Hot Air Balloon trip departs.  Don't give up on Leeward for a couple of less than warm welcomes.  Once you practice a little more you may enjoy the competitions and races!   ⛵ On, Sail On, Sailor ♫ ♥♥

    I have been participating in the Boat Parades for several weeks now and I do enjoy them, though we had our first griefers today, regrettably.

    Thank you for your input.

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    Leeward Cruising Club

    in Favorite Destinations

    Posted · Edited by Jammy Voxel

    While exploring SL18B I stumbled into an exhibit for the Leeward Cruising Club. Their motto: "No one left at the dock!" Being very enthusiastic about sailing, but still mostly a novice, and encouraged by their motto, I decided to join their group and give them a try. I sadly discovered that they have no trouble at all leaving people at the dock.

    This club has two sailing events a week followed by a dance. Each event has a particular route that the boats follow. I tried two of these events, and also made a trial run on an upcoming third event. In each case I observed that the sailing routes were not for beginning sailors, and were often quite challenging. In most cases requests for help were met with silence or snobbery from the experts. Rather than enjoy a leisurely cruise, most of the other boaters seemed to consider the route a race to be run through at the fasted possible speed. Other sailors routinely crashed into other boats, not yielding the right of way or engaging in any kind of sportsmanship. At no time did I receive any impression that new members were welcome, nor did anyone reach out.

    Well, there was one single exception to this. One person did step up, on my first cruise, and offer quite a bit of help. But for me that just wasn't enough. Perhaps you might have a different experience, and color me butt hurt if you want. I have left that group and will be looking for friendlier waters and more welcoming people to sail with. Suggestions welcome.

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    Mesh eyes don't stay in place

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    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Janet Voxel said:

    It could be the viewer. I’ve noticed in the past my eyes were in a different position in firestorm vs black dragon, but I haven’t seen that in the last couple of versions.

    It’s a good idea in my experience, to attach 3rd party mesh eyes to the eyeball bones and adjust them to the correct position.

    Janet, thanks, I'll look into adjusting the attachment.

    Mesh eyes don't stay in place

    in Your Avatar

    Posted · Edited by NavanaxSacratus

    I help a friend with her appearance by logging into her account and working on her avatar myself.

    I added some mesh eyes that are used instead of the eyes that come with the Genus head. When I'm logged into that account, the eyes seem fine. When my friend is logged into her own avatar, and when her AO moves her head, the eyes sometimes seem to not be rigged correctly and fall back into her head, leaving empty space where they ought to be.

    I'm wondering if there is some setting that is viewer specific that is causing this. Secondarily, I wonder what settings in general are viewer specific, by which I mean specific to the individual person's viewer.

    The Bellisseria Cat

    in Linden Homes

    Posted

    17 minutes ago, Eliza Cabassoun said:

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    I just moved in, yesterday, and I get... well... my second house guest. Or third maybe. In any event, what a pleasant surprise! Nice to move into a place that seems to retain a sense of community and spontaneity. I'll have to dig up my old cat things from when I had cats of my own. No mice in this house, I guess.

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    The latest in SL's competition?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    I stumbled into this article on Forbes about Fortnite's new Party Royale mode, which appears to be a small non-combat social island where live events are starting to occur. The aforementioned article also linked to a previous article in which one line particularly caught my eye.

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    Eventually, I just gave in to the vibe of the whole thing, and started running through my dance emotes, trying to match the beat of the tracks as best I could. The impromptu concert became a surreal experience. I mean, where else can I attend a virtual, live Diplo set on an imaginary island and dance to the beats as Psylocke from X-Men as TIE Fighters fly around me?

    Where else, indeed! The author of the articles also referred to Second Life an ancient internet relic.

    As Sansar, with its various "experiences", continues it's Atlantean descent to the bottom of the digital ocean, along with the millions of dollars spent on it, and the SL staff talent that sank with it, I can't help but wonder what Ebbe thinks about articles like this. After all, I feel certain that someone was dancing in SL as Psylocke while TIE fighter flew around at least 14 years ago. I wonder what Ebbe's plans are to make Second Life interesting to the real world's glitterati, movers and shakers, and (let's face it) brands with lots of money.

    Mostly, though, I wonder why there is still an Ebbe at all.

    Third party voice morph

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, Lindal Kidd said:

    Is it working OUTSIDE Second Life?

    Years ago, I bought MorphVOX Pro for roleplay gaming.  It worked great...until they issued an update.  It bricked my version, and it wasn't a free update either, I'd've had to pay for it to get the program working again.

    The only thing I've done outside SL is record my voice in the MorphVOX Pro app, and those recordings do play properly. I did pay for this app.

    Mainland - ridge between parcels

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Phil Deakins said:

    In that case, part of it is on the adjoining land, and you can't change that. So whatever you do, there will be a ridge. One way to deal with it, if a ticket doesn't get anything done, is to raise your side to the height of the ridge. Then there will just be a downward slope on the adjoining parcel.

    We've submitted a ticket. If that doesn't get results, we also considered making our parcel level with the ridge. We're on the same page with that. Thanks.

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    Mainland - ridge between parcels

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    Posted

    2 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

    As to the funky ridge, turn on the land borders so you can tell for sure if it is the next parcel or part of yours. If it is on your land, you can put in a Support ticket to have LL come look at it.  There are all sorts of oddities that sometimes happens with Mainland - some can be fixed.

    The ridge occurs exactly on the border line. That ridge you see in the pic IS the border line. I'll put in a ticket. Thanks.

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    Mainland - ridge between parcels

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted · Edited by NavanaxSacratus
    Additional question.

    I hope this is the right forum.

    I was helping a friend terraform their 1024 Mainland parcel. We wanted to have our parcel at the same level as the adjoining parcel. For some reason, at the border, a ridge remained, running down the entire border. Also, there seemed to be an object, completely undetectable, but something that caused us to stand in air, a good two meters above the ridge, as if there were an invisible object there at the border.

    Wondering what caused this, and if there is a way to get the land at the border between the two parcels to be flat and even. 

    Also, how do you get Linden grass off the Mainland parcel you've purchased?

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    New Resident Names

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    Posted

     

    Penny Patton wrote:

    There are two issues here. First, older residents need to not think of new resident "usernames" as "avatar names". LL has deliberately divorced the two, and that's a good call.

    The problem as I see it, having gone through the new resident sign up process to see how it differs from previous incarnations, is that Linden Lab does not make a clear distinction to people signing up for the first time. On one hand, they do not let you know that your username will always be visible (having lead to many people using their private e-mail address as their username without the knowledge that this would be visible to all, and they don't do enough to prompt new users into creating a display name.

     New residents basically choose a username, then get dumped into the grid with that as their display name until they learn to change it on their own.

     

      Everything about the new user sign-up and orientation process is poorly thought out and this is no exception. New users should be put through an agressively interactive tutorial/orientation process much like you'd find in a well made videogame. During this usernames should be given the spotlight. As a new resident rezzes for the first time a box should pop up in the middle of their screen prompting them to create a display name. Some examples should be given, driving home that they are choosing a name, not an AOL screenname. Once chosen, they should be shown how to change it and told what limitations there are on this.

    Oh I couldn't agree more. I complained about this in my own post. And Display Names are their own issue since many people changed their settings so as not to display them, because of issues with them. I really wish I had been more clearly warned that the name I was choosing was going to be a visible first name and not just an account name. And that I was going to have the last name Resident handed to me. I would have made very different choices. It's too late now. I'm invested in this avatar. Maybe someday an alt.

     

    Very cool new SL signup page!

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

     

    Deltango Vale wrote:

    Very cool, but there is something confusing that has tricked me on other sites. Username implies a my-eyes-only account name (private) different from an avatar name (public). This made a mess of my first Blue Mars account, for example, where I ended up with an inworld name identical to the quick username I entered on signup. I had to delete the account and go back through the signup process again.

    Therefore, instead of:

    "Create a Username" and "You will use your username to login, so don't forget it"

    The message should be:

    "Create an Avatar name" and "You will use your avatar name to login, so don't forget it"

    ETA:

    I still don't understand why there is only one name space in which everyone must fight for a name. It makes far more sense to have two or even three spaces: forename surname or forename middlename surname. This would greatly increase the number of possible combinations, reducing the 'debbbbie123' problem.

     

    This lack of clarity about user (private) name vs avatar (public) name is the gotcha that sticks in my craw. There is still nothing on this new signup page that warns you that the name you choose is not only your account name but also the name by which you will be addressed in world. So if you choose an account name of bananaslug12345, well congratulations, now you're bananaslug12345 Resident and good luck with that.

     

    Adding another thread on disappointment with account names

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

     

    Irene Muni wrote:

     
    Claireschen Hesten wrote:

     
    ... i find the most annoying thing about DN's is when unicode/ascii characters are used

     

    To9tally agree! I cannot imagine how to chat with a Resident with a name (name???) that I cannot write or speak.

     

    And that's the crux of MY problem. During the account setup process there was no warning that the account name was what was really going to serve as the name that most people saw and used to refer to or address a person. I thought the display name would serve that purpose only to slowly discover how wrong I was.

     

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