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How would a Mobile viewer work with meshes with 100,000 vertices, no lods, multiple 8 x images per linked mesh (that I have observed in my study of others work) - and how would mobile work properly if SL generally lags and chokes on an average computer?

We need documentation and updated tutorials to encourage more people to upload custom avatars with any new rig. And sorry if this offends anyone, without a Avastar prerequisite. This will open up SL and options to more creators who won't necessarily have a paywall in the way or limited to one workflow that is constantly promoted.

Yeah. Check please. 😕

I guess.. Don't say "Hi" to women in Second Life. Got it. That's not very nice.

That's very sad. I guess I'm the exception after all.

That seems like a socially anxious response and assumption, and based in fear or some assumption of ill-intent as a base belief

Nope, and probably has more to do with the social anxiety and mental state of the person receiving a simple 'hi' than any measure of ill intent of the person. I don't think the method of initiating contact with someone else is suspect, nor can any intent be assumed from a simple 'hi' as the start of that interaction. It's not weird, even if they did search through a phone book, or in the context of SL, to search through users that may have similar interests or a profile that catches their eye and want to be social and initiate contact. That's how you make friends... You'll be alright. They can't harm you. Noone said you had to. You would be the exception and not the rule.

I think this could really catch on though - I'm so into this amazing look, and my 'foot is broken, need medical strap boots' heavy duty dance sandals. Fanny packs are cool too.

You'll be alright, and it's going to happen more. (or not after people read the numerous topics about this on the forums) Your greeting is nothing special. It's normal society to ask "Hi, how are you" and they respond "Fine, how are you" and you respond "Good/Great/Fine". You're not manipulating them to 'talking about themselves' by participating in normal, average and widespread basic communication. What is actually out of the norm are many posts on this forum that try to make it like someone saying "Hi" is some unwanted action - and believe me it will be THEIR issue only, not the mass of the human civilization. If anything this behaviour is indicative of social anxiety. ----- Sending a message that a "hi" in Second life is unwanted, or a harassment or an 'attack' or any other statement that assumes or portrays ill-intent of others can actually create social anxiety in others.

Or maybe they were saying "Hello". And that's it. You answer "hello" and be done. If they stand there and not say anything, so what. They probably went afk or went back to reading. I'm not sure why I even have to explain this SIMPLE and universal interaction by Millions everywhere, even if they're passing each other while walking on the sidewalk. I saw someone in the area, maybe working on something, I say "Hi", they say "Hi" back (if you're lucky) and it either continues or it doesn't. Damn this is so weird around here... I need another project to be excited about cuz this is all ....

Yes. it's even more noticeable after being away for 4-5 years and coming back. Everything has changed, the social rules have changed, and people are far, far, far, far,far more sensitive than ever to any number of issues. Discord can destroy or severely decimate inworld participation in many virtual worlds, as most of the energy and chat and information changing happens there instead of inworld.

This is a case of adding on to what you said, and the use of 'you' should be considered 'one'. My experience remains valid.

Not sure why you're being laughed at OP, but most creators will want to do most of that design by simulating cloth in Marvelous Designer. You may be referring to "cloth simulation" Making the computer do the work for you is the first step. It looks like a complicated piece, but the methods used to get ruffles, elasticity, bunching and MOST of the wrinkle effects can be done in Marvelous Designer itself. I'm not much of an authority on Marvelous Designer probably having about 300+ hours into it, but there are many workflows and there are tons of affordable courses to teach you how to do it. My basic workflow would be to create the pattern and effects I need in MD, run a sim to get the folds and such, export a HI poly version (and a Lower Poly version - made with a sim with lower resolution), then add more details as needed (I use Blender), then take the low poly and hi into Substance Painter and texture it there. Wrinkles, creases and other effects can be added at any stage, but generally letting the computer and cloth simulations to do the work for you is best.

Only in 2022, is it such a chore and such a contested social action (as portrayed by online sources) about saying "Hi". What it means is how it was meant for centuries. It's a greeting, and you're supposed to say "Hi" back. It's called courtesy. "Hi" is not a threat. "Hi" is not unwanted attention. "Hi" isn't meant to scare you away in a Premium sandbox. "Hi" doesn't mean someone is hitting on you. "Hi" doesn't mean someone has sexual interest in you. I wouldn't say I suffer from social anxiety - but I am developing social anxiety only reading how others react to the most simplest of things - in RL a 'hi' can be met with a complete ignore, or 'taken aback' (how strange, do I look like a goblin, lol), or a pensive "hii? (Why are you speaking to me)" type reaction (strange), or any other number of strange encounters with reactions far out of the norm for what I would expect. If I said "hello" to you, or complimented you on a product or build or something else you were working on, it would have no sexual intent at all. I'm sure others would agree that if saying 'hello' has become offensive, or giving someone a compliment, or even asking a question or engaging in any way is a 'threat', it can severely damage social interaction in SL. I still say "hello" if I want or give compliments if I want, I'm not going to change - I'm just reporting the negative responses I get that are not warranted, and it is not me who needs to change but some people's response to an time-honored courtesy.

What blows me away is that there are no shortage of qualified artists to create interesting and stylized clothing and avatars - they're all over the place. Believe me as a constantly growing artist it can be discouraging, awe-inspiring then after the shock buckle down and raise one's bar for oneself and improve... Yet companies with thousands and millions of dollars still can't make avatars that are cool. Companies seemingly refuse to use a standardized base rig so that users can upload their own avatars, and use those avatars on various platforms. Everyone talks 'metaverse' and a 'universe' to explore between companies, and at the same time each platform still forces proprietary things. And no, adding stripes to suit pants and suit jacket isn't cool, isn't hip so fire the artist and hire ones that will actually make cool clothing What users want universally it seems, even if they can't create it themselves, is a unique avatar. Mixing and matching a limited set of stuff means nothing - in the long term a user will want more that represents them.

Why does it have to be 'dirty old man' rather than 'old man that is appreciating the beauty of youth'? One phrase implies an ill-intent as the default, or that there is something going wrong. I liked the start of your post which seemed positive then ended up being negative.

Yes, I am and thanks for that. Been cleaning house the last few years on that matter, both offline and online.

Compassion and care are the root of empathy though. empathy is about beign able to put ourselves in other people's shoes, to try to see their point of view, and to understand it. You don't have to agree with them, or enable them on something you don't want to.. That is empathy. And it's based on having compassion for others and care for others.

Before I respond, I would point out that you take out 3 words out of an entire post that provides context and just respond to that instead? How is describing a personality type of someone I and others would have encountered in our lives who are 'predatory, manipulative weirdo types" a stigmatization of mental illness? Where did I equate my experience with an individual(s) to people with mental illness ?

This is a bit iffy position, as we all go through our lives trying to convince others to our point of view. Sometimes it's successful. Hell some of us made a living out of it through sales - Sales is literally trying to change other people's mind, by making a convincing argument. What you are referring to (which I'm guilty of as well at times) of trying to change people's minds who are not open to changing their minds, or engaging in honest conversation or debate - they will not change their minds because they won't. Sometimes we get suckered in because it's a 'well if I rephrase it this way or maybe say it differently", but I don't know if that's a bad trait. Being able to convince others towards something that you believe will benefit them isn't 'crazy'. It would just be crazy to engage with an individual that has no interest in learning or changing anything. Also as I may guess that you've had experience with some NPD types, not everyone is like that and to keep your head up and DONT lose your argumentative spirit. Hey I'm taking my own advice here and say we just gotta know when it's no point with some people in our lives is all. There can be some very good benefits from debating things with your friends and even if it can be frustrating at times, sometimes you get a few win points in and maybe even concede a few yourself with new information, and the interaction feels great. Staying away from predatory, manipulative weirdo types is a pretty good idea though. I've had a few in my personal life that had to go, because they were stuck in some ideal or even a year haha and weren't going to 'grow' or leave it and I had to let it go.

No, she is correct. If we get defensive or angry or uncomfortable about what someone else says about us, self-assessing our reaction to it is a valuable skill to have. Psychiatrists will say If we are bothered by other people's words (Not physical damage), that there may be some truth to it, and if we look within, it is strong to admit that maybe they are right - and to make the relevant changes. If not, then we just discard their words and move on. This is all part of maturing and gaining self-confidence.

I liked some of the old designs. I'd like to see a high ceiling type warehouse, open floor plan style house as that is my preference. Then I can build to taste. Call it a studio home or whatever. I don't prefer newer home styles or the Boston Colonial type (which i think the currents seem based on) that IMO have to many walls, to many small rooms, not my style. Need an artist's studio, warehouse style open floor plan please. Even in my older SL home that I just abandoned, I only used one large room and ignored the rest. I think most people are like me in the sense they have limited things in those, as they were actually quite large, but the texture scale was way out of whack. If you recycled those designs with some modern texture changes (the new houses have good scale now) I'd be interested.

I thought they referred to gesture sounds and object sounds made from objects on your property... In any case the solution would be to separate region/parcel/LL sounds from ACTUAL gesture (created from avatars) and objects (placed by the owner/renter) of the parcel. Solutions not abuse reports I would like any platform to gravitate to, first.

Nooooooooooo! But seriously, I would just give up any 3d artistic goals if it mean I was locked into Facebook - I just wont do it.