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    Looking for free mesh heads

    in Wanted

    Posted

    Sorry to piggy back off this thread but didn't really want to start a new one since I have a similar question 

     

    Anyone know of a free male mesh AV? Body and head or whatever one needs to go mesh? 

     

    I won't have the extra money to upload to my account for a while and don't really have the time to work inside of SL.. But I'd like to learn how to go mesh and mess around with it myself for when the time comes I will know what I am doing. 

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    Where to find tiny spaces/rooms available to rent?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Haven't had land in literally ages. Nearly 10 years.   And right now I can't really afford or justify even getting land as I don't really do much on SL anyways.  But I was curious though if you can find tiny skyboxes/empty spaces or apartments/rooms that are pretty cheap per week in SL?   Where would one even go to look for that? Which forum here would that be more appropriate for? And where would one look in game?  Everything I see are just decent size parcels/homesteads or whatever they are called. 

    Basically I just want something to stand AFK in, and try out dance animations, change clothes, unpack things, and listen to music. 

    Recommendations for male skins and everything else?

    in Your Avatar

    Posted

    Thanks again all!  

    One more thing. Sorry!   What about dance animations? AOs? Or animations in general?   Will animations made pre mesh AVs still work with mesh AVs?

    I have an addiction to dance animations and want to collect all the ones I like in world so I am curious if the old ones would still work or if I need mesh animations or what exactly.

    Recommendations for male skins and everything else?

    in Your Avatar

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    8 hours ago, Skell Dagger said:

    You're thinking with your 'system avatar head' which is perfectly understandable if you've not worked with mesh avatars before. Your question is a single one, but it needs to be answered in two parts, because yes mesh bodies can be edited, but not in the way that you think.

    With regard to "sending the measurements to friends so you have the same body"

    With system avatars we all start out with the same basic 3D look, either male or female. When we edit the numbers of our underlying system shape, then our system avatar will look the same as that of our friend with the same shape, regardless. Of course, you would need to wear the same skin as well, to texture the avatar exactly the same.

    With mesh avatars, the simple version (one that doesn't even touch on the nuances of rigging) is that mesh avatars - whether they are all in one head and body, or with head and body separate - start out with a specific 3D model shape, and each one is different. Slink's 'Physique' male body is slender with a long torso and broad swimmer's shoulders; Signature's 'Gianni' male body is buff and a little heavy on the deltoids, but not overly so. Niramyth's 'Aesthetic' male bodies are very heavily muscular. And so on.

    If you wore the same system shape under each mesh avatar, it would look vastly different because the initial 3D model of the mesh object starts out vastly different. The visual difference in mesh heads is even more pronounced. Put a shape made for a Catwa head under a Lelutka head (or vice versa) and you're likely to look rather... shall we say unusual.

    Yes, you could send the measurements for the shape that you've created or bought for the Lelutka Connor head and the Signature Gianni body to your friend, but unless he also had purchased and was wearing both Lelutka Connor and Signature Gianni, he wouldn't look the same as you.

    In the realms of mesh avatars, your question is akin to asking if you could take the engine from a Ford Mustang, somehow finagle it into a Prius, and have the Prius look like a Mustang. Ain't gonna happen!

    With regard to being able to edit mesh bodies

    In the main, mesh bodies are edited in several ways:

    • by changing the underlying system shape
    • by wearing a different skin (be that an applier skin or a Bakes on Mesh [BoM] skin; the difference between those is a bit too complex to go into in a quick reply here)
    • by adding different things on top of the skin by means of applier or BoM, such as muscles, freckles, body/facial hair, eyebrows, makeup, etc)

    The 'editable mesh body for L$1' is likely to be either the Roth body or the Onupup body. There is also a L$1 body by MeshBody (the people behind the mainstream Legacy body; their L$1 body is called 'Classic') but that's not editable in the same way as Roth or Onupup. By 'editable' that simply means you are able to right-click the wearable body object and edit its textures manually, like you would edit a prim. What you cannot do is edit the body manually and then change things like its musculature by stretching etc parts of it like you can in, for example, The Sims 4.

    Most mainstream bodies are not editable at all by the right-click method, and require either a HUD (a wearable object that places a sort of control panel on your screen that you then click for options) or for you to wear different textures on your system avatar, like you've been familiar with before (this is the Bakes on Mesh option). And if you want a decent choice of easy to find clothing and skins etc, you're probably going to need a mainstream body.

    Your question is actually a great one, because it gives those of us who write tutorials about this kind of thing (I'm the guy behind Virtual Bloke, whose blog Rowan linked to in the first reply here) an insight into some of the confusions faced by those who are either new to SL or returning after a long break. We can come up with most questions based on our own knowledge of what may cause problems, but occasionally a question like yours comes out of leftfield and makes us realise we need to expand our tutorials in a bit more detail!

    Wow that is great info. One of which my little Southern brain does not understand.  But as long as everyone can't copy the measurements to achieve the same body then that's good for the creators. 

     

    The body in which I was referring to, I saw in a video. I think it was the Classic that you mentioned.  The video was about building an AV and they used the 1L one that was Classic and said it was from Legacy or something. I was thinking about trying that one just to understand how to do all this before I start dropping big Lindens here n there. I'm mainly afraid of messing up really bad and being out thousands of Lindens because I was an idiot lol.    But anyways, in that video, she was able to edit the shape like we used to do before mesh. And edit everything on the body. Like bust size, jaw thickness, nose shape, etc etc.

    Recommendations for male skins and everything else?

    in Your Avatar

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    Thanks everyone. I think I am beginning to understand this a little better now and where to go. 

    I had one more silly question though about mesh bodies. Can you edit them? The ones you buy from stores? 

     

    Reason I ask is because what is stopping someone from buying a mesh body and then just writing down all the measurements. And sending those measurements to their friends so all there friends get the same body for free?  I heard there's an editable mesh body out there that's only 1L. So what's stopping someone from telling their friends that have the free one their measurements? 

     

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    Recommendations for male skins and everything else?

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    51 minutes ago, Sapphire Dakota said:

    Male clothing? There are some good ones now that cost L but are great design and quality ... I personally like men, when they are not undressed ;) , to be sporting stuff from ...

    Deadwool Cold Ash. A&D. Lapointe & Bastchilde. toksik.

    I think Deadwool are some of the best tailored suits going on that body, but there was a brand I saw the other day that was also great whose name is now forgotten.

    Happy to walk around the grid with you and help.

     

     Thanks so much for the list. Hopefully you remember that last one but if not that is ok lol 

     

    I should be able to handle it unless you're just bored and want to tag along or hangout or something

     

    Also, silly question but do I need to do anything about eyes now or is that part of the skin and you can change the eye color that way via hud or somthing?


    Thanks!

     

    Recommendations for male skins and everything else?

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    On 8/9/2021 at 12:28 PM, Muffinstuff said:

    It's difficult to make recommendations without knowing your style and budget.
     

    I'm a huge proponent of monthly events as they highlight a diverse range of the best SL has to offer. More importantly, they're a quick and dirty way to identify brands you identify with.  TMD is a great place to start - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TMD/122/169/22
     

    Head: LeLutka - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LeLutka/129/137/24
    Their new EVO X releases are outstanding and backwards compatible with every LeLutka skin out there. 

    Mesh Body: Signature Gianni - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Signature Body/135/131/541
    The centerpiece of your wardrobe and one of the most popular male bodies on the grid.  It's been around for a while, it's stable, and the developer is very responsive. Virtually every clothing option for men will include options for Gianni. It's a safe bet.

    Skins:  Not Found - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mountains of Spirit/195/84/26 Stray Dog - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Heavens Touch/79/186/22 Session - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/kunst/180/186/23

    Great options here and should cover virtually any look you can imagine. Purchase a skin for your new head, the accompanying skin for your mesh body, and you're on your way. LeLutka skins will only work on LeLutka heads. 

    This is great. Thanks!

     

    Quick question. I hear people talking about Giani. Then I hear people just talking about Signature.    Are they one in the same? Signature makes Giani? 

     

    I've also heard that most people don't like the hud  but I have never used a hud yet for these new mesh skins and all that so I don't even know.

    Recommendations for male skins and everything else?

    in Your Avatar

    Posted

    That's all for the info. I hit the like on all the replies so far.  Keep it coming if anyone has other suggestions or something not listed.

     

    As for budget goes. No budget. I want to know about EVERYTHING.  

    For style. I have a wide variety.   Ripped jeans and a tee shirt, or ripped jeans with polos, casual button ups, dress shirts with or without ties... etc etc.      I also like suits, boardshorts, cargo shorts, sunglasses.  Anything really.  Besides emo and fantasy like furries and what not.  

    Recommendations for male skins and everything else?

    in Your Avatar

    Posted

    I'm in dire need of a makeover.  I mean I don't look bad if I do say so myself but I've been out of the world for a bit.  And haven't updated in I wanna say 5 years. Could be longer.

    I'm hearing there's mesh skins, skins that can switch tattoos on the fly with a HUD? and all this other advanced stuff so I really am clueless now and trying to make sense of it all.

     

    Been trying to browse through the threads so I wouldn't have to start my own.. but I'm hearing terms like BoM, Omega, Actanon..  no idea what those are..  oh and I hear girls talking about head all the time. Sorry for the pun but I mean like something called a catwa or something I don't even know.

     

    Could we get an ELI5 in here?   Need help with skins.. and now heads too?? So confused.  And then I'm sure you'd have to have special clothing for the special skins??  What about eyes and hair? Do they need to be special too??

     

    Any help and or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. 

    How come some avis with first/last names have decimals in their name?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    I have a character from way back 17 years ago that has a first and last name.  No decimals. 

    I have seen some names on the radar/nearby list that also have a first and last name. No spaces.  But when you click on their name and go to their profile it looks like this: FirstName"decimalhere"LastName

     

    I guess my question is why is that? And what's the difference?  


    I also will be getting a new name if they ever add the last name I am after.. so I hope I don't have a decimal in there...

     

    Most crowded clubs in SL?

    in Favorite Destinations

    Posted

    SL has gotten boring for me so I don't get on much like I used to..   Now, even  Ambrosia is dead. DEAD. Hardly anyone there even peak hours.

     

    I've searched in world and bounced around but not really finding any good clubs/hangouts.

     

    My music preference is Rap/Hip Hop/Top 40/Dance  but I'm not really picky at this point. Would be nice just to go somewhere and there actually be people there.

     

    Recommendations anyone?

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    How to make a notecard into an SLURL?

    in Technical

    Posted

    Ok so this is going to be hard to explain so I'll do my best..  

     

    I'm trying to put a notecard in the bio on my profile.  So when people read my profile they can click the notecard link directly from my profile and open it and get more info like events, schedules, etc etc.

     

    Surely this is possible becaue you can link groups and profiles in your profiles bio

     

    Example:   secondlife:///app/group/Group_UUID_HERE/about    (makes a group into a clickable link

                      secondlife:///app/agent/PROFILE_UUID_HERE/about      (links your profile

     

    So I'm trying to figure out what I need to type in bold to get a notecard clickable..   notecards have UUID's also so this should work.. but not sure what I need to type after app/    

     

    Also, is there a list somewhere that shows all of the things you can type after app/    ?              I know there's ones for Teleport and Grid.  Surely there's more out there.. would like to know/learn them all.   Could be useful.

     

    Thanks

     

     

     

                    

    Any Gamers?

    in Make Friends

    Posted

    I'm a half console half PC gamer but mainly console as it's just more conveniant and social.

     

    I generally only do MMOs on PC and have played TONS of them.           EQ, EQ2, WoW, Matrix Online, LoTRO, CoH/CoV, SWTOR, SWG, GW2..  I think that's it lol  there might be more but that's just what comes to mind.        I recently played Day Z (online zombie survival game)  It's freakin awesome lol     I'm not a big zombie nerd or anything and don't care for things like the walking dead etc  but its awesome.

     

    For console I started out from N64 to PS2 then from there I've been souly on the Xbox.  Got the X1 as well.          That's where my FPS games come in and Racing genres.    GTA is also in there

     

    So ya hit me up in SL if anyone needs any gaming friends

    Henmations webconfigure pages

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    I've been using their dance hud for a few months now..   I'm very disappointed with them.

     

    About 2 weeks ago my dance hud quit working all together.   I would click the button to choose a playlist.. but the playlists menu wouldn't pop up so I could actually choose a playlist.

     

    I figured it was just lag or something but it did this for a whole week so I just said screw it and went with a hud from someone else. 

     

    Good luck.

    Dirt off your shoulders animation?

    in Wanted

    Posted

    I saw someone at a club in SL the other night and he was doing the animation where you ''brush your shoulders off''

     

    I didn't think to ask him where he got it.. figured one of the places where I buy my animations from had it but I can't seem to find it :(

     

    Anyone know whose got it?

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