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Rolig Loon wrote: I was guessing for a long time that this is a Firestorm problem. Firestorm uses a stepped rezzing algorithm when you TP into a new area to keep your card from trying to rez everything at once, so I was hypothesizing that its algorithm just got stuck sometimes. Other people have said that it happens for them on V3 too, though, so it can't be unique to Firestorm. I don't think it's a rezzing problem, really, but rather a (Firestorm?) rendering issue. I get the same thing sometimes, where an entire linkset appears missing; then right-clicking on where the sctructure is supposed to be immediately causes it to get rendered, after all. Sloppy, I suppose. But as long as it's effect is only local, and does not affect the 'shared experience,' I consider this a mere minor glitch.

Candy's support, and that of her Islands, is absolutely stellar, really. They're a subsidiary of Anshe Chung et al, btw: only the largest, most reliable super landowners in SL, is all. There are indeed situations even beyond their control: Linden losing inventory is one of those. Purely speculating on my end, but in your case Linden Labs may have been doing server rollovers, decided something needed reverting after all, and rolled back the server your sim was on to a state of, say, the day before. As a rule it's therefore advised not to rezz (important) stuff on rollover Tuesdays. Requesting a restore from an earlier state is often a life-saver. In your case, however, it accomplished the exact opposite: you lost all your stuff as a result. Candy asking Linden to restore to an earlier state would therefore be pointless. So, indeed, you have no other recourse really but to open a ticket with the Linden themselves. Good luck with that (yes, the sarcasm in the last sentence was intentional, as we all know how much Linden cares about their customers).

"All that would happen is a few people with it set higher would ruin it for everyone else by taking up 10 user worth of bandwidth while also increasing server loads to keep up with more connection demand. Almost like a leecher in that u dont stick to ur fair share." And yet, separating the (in itself not per se unreasonable) request to play fair, and the naked truth about what bandwidth is really available, is precisely why I started this thread. N.B. As for playing fair, I pay the Lindens upward to $300 USD a month in tier alone. From my perspective, 'fair' is not b*tching about people who actually want to use what you let thm pay thru their noses for to get. But hey, that's just me.

There's a very persistent behavior going around, especially on ingame groups, telling people that Linden caps your bandwidth at 1500 kbps, and that you shouldn't go higher. Then I found this, straight from the mouth of Linden themselves: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Tips-and-Tricks/QUICKTIP-Get-less-lag-in-seconds-by-increasing-your-Maximum/ba-p/670217 Pay particular attention to this: "Supposedly years ago, setting your Max. Bandwidth too high would result in bad packet loss and overall decreased performance, but tell me if you still notice that. It may not even be true anymore." And, indeed, having a 30Mbps connection, I can set it at 10,000 kbps easily (and get way increased rez-times), with 0.000% packet loss. And my bandwidth meter generally hovers between ca. 5,000-9,000 kbps. Not meaning to sound too paranoid, but often inworld support groups seem more motivated to have you play fair ("Don't set your draw distance to 512m: you'll use too many server resources!") than they are at simply telling you what is, and is not, technically optimal for your connection. Nothing wrong with that, per se, but with Linden apparently dispelling the 1500 kbps rumor (in 2010 already), I wouldn't mind hearing the truth about bandwidth settings for a change. ^^ Well, that still came out too paranoid. :) Nonetheless I would love to get a definitive answer, from the Lindens, preferably, on whether indeed the cap has been lifted, and whether the whole 1500 kbps story still holds true. Thanks, - Kira

What is wrong the marketplace review character limits? I'm way below 2,000 characters (yes, including space), and it still tells me the body is longer than 2000 :( Even if I delete a hundred or so.

I'm getting real tired of inworld stores not delivering. This is the so-maniest time I spend, say, $500, here or there, only to get screwed by non-responsive store owners on non-delivery. The most lame about this, however, is Linden's attitude towards it. They simply brush you off with, "I'm sorry, but any inworld transaction is just a resident-to-resident matter." And then they point you to some rule in the EULA, telling you they don't have to take any legal responsibility. I'm sorry, but that's just crap. Any virtual system that facilitates selling items for real money (yes, Lindens represent a real-money value) should take some sort of responsibility. Period. And yes, I know about buying on market place, but not every inworld store has a marketplace equivalent. And Linden knows enough to take your inworld money to send to the seller, so there's nothing preventing them from sending a wee transaction ID back to the buyer, except... yeah, what exactly? Yep, I'm p*ssed, can you tell?! - Kira

When you don't pay your dues, your account gets frozen. That's incovenient, for sure; but the solution is fairly simple: don't fall behind on your payments. It's a no-brainer, really. Especially when you tied your RL livelihood to it. If you can't really afford a full region, then maybe you need to ask a few fundamental questions. None that involve Linden, really.

Knutz Scorpio wrote: Another possibility is land encroachment. Your house may have drifted over time out of your air space into a neighbor's, or likely the house was too big for the 20x20 lot, and an uncommunicative neighbor just AR'd it. I've never heard of houses drifting thru air: they're positioned, to the milimeter, and are fixated even when you lock the structure. Besides, this is virtual air (as Morpheus would ask Neo, "What, you think that's real air you're breathing?!"); so no air-physics drifting your home. Moreoverer, land encroachment is not somethng the neighbor would have to call in the Linden Governer bot for: they can simply themselves return any items on their land not belonging to owner (barring prims that stick over your border, but are not counted towards your prim allotment). Theoretically, the land underneath the skybox could have been repositioned (land drifting, as it were); but it's pretty unthinkable Linden would make such changes without notifying the land owner first.

Hi again. I just want to say I wasn't being very fair to the Imagine Help Center. I simply had no idea what I was talking about. Actually, the people helping there are very helpful. Turns out they're not a big channel yet, is all, and had just started out. Honestly, go seek 'em out! I got the grand tour from one of their helpers the first day. P.S. Note to self: newbies should not diss things they don't yet understand.

Thanks, Love Angel, got it figured out now.

Thanks, Love Angel, got it figured out now.

Ok, newbie here. :) So, I arrived at the Imagine Help Center; except there's no one to help. :( I joined the help chat, said something in channel, but got the automated response that I'm the only one in channel there. So, it seems now I even need help finding the help channel. And can someone please tell me how to turn off that darn FM radio station I'm constantly hearing? It's impossible to have a conversation that way.

Thanks, guys. I called LL support in the UK. Turns out I had to put a '0' in front of my security code (it's only 3 digits on mastercard). Solved! @ Madelaine: Ninja'ed.

Thanks, guys. I called LL support in the UK. Turns out I had to put a '0' in front of my security code (it's only 3 digits on mastercard). Solved! @ Madelaine: Ninja'ed.

So, I try to join Premium account. When I try to add my credit card (mastercard), fill in the details, it says payment failed. So I call my credit card company, and it turns out they didn't even receive a request. So, can someone please fix this?! P.S. The error I am getting is as follows: "Sorry, your payment failed. Please check your payment details and try again"