Anli Nishi

I have to select male or female every time I log in and am back to noob status at an info hub, and when I try to attach an object to my avatar such as a skirt, hair or an AO I get the message "Attempt to rez an object failed." But, I can rez and object in build mode so attachments seems to be the problem. I have done several Character Tests and tried different regions and viewers. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.