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    Looking for mesh 1 liter Pepsi & Mountian dew bottles

    in Wanted

    Posted

    13 minutes ago, Orwar said:

       There is another approach.

       Go to the marketplace, search for "bottle", specify the search by ticking Copy, Modify and Transfer (this will make fullperms list only) and refine the search.

       Find a bottle that looks as if it has a decent enough shape, and make sure that the description mentions that it includes UV maps (why people sell fullperm mesh without them is beyond me, but it happens).

       Buy your bottle of choice, unpack it, and create a copy of the mesh that you will work on.

       Download the UV map to your computer.

       Open the UV map in an image manipulator program (Photoshop, Gimp, whichever you prefer) and texture the UV yourself. If you have no intention of selling the bottles, I don't think even Pepsi would care that you took an image of one of their bottles off of Google and used it privately - but if you want no doubt whatsoever that any legals are broken, design your own soda logo. Upload the texture to second life and apply it to the bottle.

       I'm seeing fullperm bottles for L$25 that look good, and you've got 120 listing for L$0-10. If you can't figure the texturing bit out yourself, search for a texture designer instead.

    I guess I can try to, but my experience with UV maps is slim. Would a texture designer be more in my budget? Or roughly the same as a mesh creator?

    Looking for mesh 1 liter Pepsi & Mountian dew bottles

    in Wanted

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, Orwar said:

       Now I'm curious about those offers. In SL (as well as to a large extent, RL), price doesn't translate to quality. Making a mesh bottle or two and a texture each is a fairly quick job (unless you want a very intricate design); for SL you generally don't want the kind of mesh that comes in "100% realistic detail" since, well, we're talking clutter objects - they should have as few triangles and as low resolution texture as possible to avoid unnecessary lag.

       When a creator approaches you, always check their portfolio to assure yourself that their quality is up to your expectations - and as far as pricing goes, be reasonable. L$2,500 is 'roughly' a minimum wage by US standards, but to most people it's not employment but a hobby - if you want to hire a professional asset creator the hourly charge should increase, but they should also be able to work more efficiently.

       Also, it's a question of what your commission entails - for you to own the mesh and textures and be able to redistribute them however you see fit is one thing, for an item with M/C/NT where they keep the product to distribute themselves, is a wholly different matter.

    I had two offers. One said they'd only do it for L$10,000 and the other for L$5,000 minimum. when I originally made this request, I went on the average I saw on the marketplace for mesh objects, which I calculated to about L$500/object. I was hopinging to pay about L$1000, L$1500 if I pushed my funds(so between $5-$8 USD). The second offer person made it painfully clear that no mesh commission was lower than L$5000 for a high quality item, especially one that won't "turn triangle" when zoomed out.

    I don't have much money IRL. I am unemployed and disabled(not on disability however because high fail rate). So when I do spend on anything frivilous like SL, it's usually not much since I can't only spare maybe about $5 USD.

    So since I can't pay the appropriate amount and since copyrights are an issue, I have no choice but to give up on this... It's saddening, but it is what it is...

    Looking for mesh 1 liter Pepsi & Mountian dew bottles

    in Wanted

    Posted

    48 minutes ago, Orwar said:

       Making a mesh bottle isn't very difficult, even I could do a decent job of that - but keep in mind that Pepsi and Mountain Dew are trademarked and that it would be against international copyright law to create those assets without permissions from the intellectual property holders of both brands.

    Well butts. Does that mean it can't be done then? Is what I had technically illegal? ._.;;;

    Looking for mesh 1 liter Pepsi & Mountian dew bottles

    in Wanted

    Posted

    Hello folks,

    Would there be anyone willing to make me a couple of mesh bottles of Pepsi and Mountian Dew, respectively? Would prefer "1 liter" sizes, as I'm trying to recreate an RL scene for my fiance. I had a pair of bottles I bought back in 2015ish(pictured below), but they never rezzed right and have now disappeared from my inventory AND the marketplace. If they were high quality/low prim, even better. Would that be at all possible?

    Thank you for your time,

    FiraFirecat

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    Need a snow emitter that DOESN'T snow indoors. HELP!

    in Wanted

    Posted

    Hello Everyone! :catvery-happy:

     

    I've been looking to give my skybox a festive scene by adding some nice snow fall. But alas, 2 purchases and 1000  wasted lindens later, I can't seem to find a snow emitter that doesn't seep into my house and make my living room a winter distaster. Anyone know of a snow machine/emitter that keeps the snow where it belongs, OUTSIDE? Any help would be super appreciated! :catembarrassed:

    Thanks!

    Fira :heart:

    EDIT: I forgot to mention a vital detail. If it covers a 64 x 64 parcel with one rez, that'd be super rad :catvery-happy:

    Looking for a nice NON-MESH clothing store!!!

    in Your Avatar

    Posted

    Hello, SL :cathappy:

     

    Recently, one of my favorite clothes stores on SL has stopped selling non-mesh clothing. It was Stars Fashion and it broke my heart because I loved how trendy and cute their selection was. Now, like most of SL it seems, they've gone to the dark side and are doing Mesh Only Clothes. Bad news for a big girl like myself.

     

    I am a plus size avatar, because I believe in keeping true to my size in real life. Mesh items are not made for such bodies and I hate the idea of changing who I am, both mentally and physically, to fit into a 5 sizes fits all dress. The point of Second Life to me is to be able to do things(and wear things) that one cannot pull off in the real world.

     

    And so, I was wondering if anyone knew of a goos shop that sells non-mesh clothing or clothing with like prim skirts and such? Something with trendy, cute outfits(or even if it isn't, I'd still like to check it out :) ) designs for the plus size ladies? I'd greatly appreciate it :heart: :catvery-happy:

     

    Lots of Love,

    FiraFirecat :heart: :catvery-happy:

    Mesh Clothes versus non-mesh?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    With all due respect, "realistic looking body", my wide ass.

    Since day one on SL, I've kept my avatar body shape as close to my IRL body as possible. I am what the world calls plus size and slowly but surely with mesh clothing, Second Life is turing into FIRST LIFE! Making it nearly impossible to buy anything for people like me with a true fuller figure. I like Non-Mesh because I can edit it to actually fit me. Unlike Mesh, where it fits IF you change your body shape.

    So long story short, I. HATE. MESH. Not everyone comes in 5 standard sizes. It's not only unfair, it's insulting :matte-motes-angry:

    Help with sound file upload?

    in Creation

    Posted

    Hello folks,

     

    So I wanted to upload a .wav of Sweetie Bell's "OH C'MON!" for a gesture, but I keep getting this error:

    "File does not appear to be a supported sample rate (must be 44.1 k) <File Location>"


    For the record, this sound is a PCM wav. and 272 KB in file size. Help please? :matte-motes-confused:

    WANTED: Touhou Cosplay

    in Inworld Employment

    Posted

    Hello, everyone! :matte-motes-bashful-cute-2:

     

    I was wondering if there was anyone who would be able to make for me a cosplay. The Marketplace has a GREAT lack of touhou in it and I'd like to do one (or all, if possible) of the following:

    Hina Kagiyama

    (2nd ref for Hina )

    Sakuya Izayoi

    (2nd ref for Sakuya )

    Parsee Mizuhashi

    (2nd ref for Parsee )

    and

    Orin Kaenbyou

    (2nd and 3rd refs for Orin. She's a bit trickier to find refs of because of the two tails.)

     

    I would like to point out that I am NOT looking for a mesh outfit. I would like to avoid mesh rigged or otherwise completely. So like using prim skirts and shirt/jacket item combos for these outfits.

    I know this would be a lot of work and I'm willing to pay. Can anyone help me with this endeavor? Please contact me if you can :cathappy:

     

    Cheers,

    Firecat <3

    Emails have stoped ????

    in Second Life Server

    Posted

    I've been having this problem as well. I use yahoo for my email. Marking SL messages as not spam won't work because each offline IM has a dynamic address. Are there plans for fixing this technicality or is this going to remain a hit or miss situation? I rely on offline IMs to keep in contact with friends that are in other time zones/countries, so this is of utmost importance to me.

     

    thank you

    Problem with crashing when trying to edit an item

    in Second Life Viewer

    Posted

    Ack, I knew I was forgetting something. Here's the viewer info.

    Second Life 3.2.5 (247236) Jan  5 2012 12:10:23 (Second Life Release)
    Release Notes

    You are at 264,485.0, 238,273.0, 52.4 in Yoonseul located at sim9148.agni.lindenlab.com (216.82.42.84:13003)
    Second Life Server 11.12.12.246583
    Error fetching server release notes URL.

    CPU: AMD E-350 Processor (1596.63 MHz)
    Memory: 3692 MB
    OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
    Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
    Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics      

    Windows Graphics Driver Version: 8.17.0010.1063
    OpenGL Version: 4.1.10429 Compatibility Profile Context

    libcurl Version: libcurl/7.21.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8q zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.7.1
    J2C Decoder Version: KDU v6.4.1
    Audio Driver Version: FMOD version 3.750000
    Qt Webkit Version: 4.7.1 (version number hard-coded)
    Voice Server Version: Not Connected
    Built with MSVC version 1600
    Packets Lost: 0/4,295 (0.0%)

     

    As for other threads, as I said in the video I've posted an entry in answers and none of those answers worked. The question then went completely dead. I've looked in the forums here but this is the first thread I've posted. I hope this helps :)

     

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