Rufferta

April 5, 2023

3 minutes ago, Ceka Cianci said:

They did that all along The Great Wall too.. They can build right next to it, even right up to the side entrances..

The south entrance has some Egyptian build, built right into it.

I hang my head. Actually, I have a parcel against the Great Wall - I guess my excuse was "everyone's doing it". In my defense, I tried to build to blend in with the structures around me and I'm not obstructing any right-of-ways.

In both cases (the waterways, and the areas around the wall) hindsight suggests some prior zoning might have been nice. As it is, perhaps the Lindens could quietly convert abandoned land on waterways and near scenic builds to Public Land,

I also realize that the Lindens are making a lot more money from tier for the 'houses on water' and 'near fringes of scenic builds' than they ever would from folks like myself.

April 5, 2023

Just a before and after someone bought water land in Corsica and put houses on what used to be a river.

April 3, 2023

For those who like hunts, and freebies, and don't mind pianos falling on their heads, the 2023 Frog-n-Cat Production of April Fool's event is now open.

There are literally thousands of freebies gathered through the eras of Second Life.

Shown below - Just a few items:

Froggie's Dream - 2LI

Holy Grail (Inside a box marked "arts - bibelots vol 1" inside a box labeled "massive full-perm freeby set"

Xiphactinus Addax Fossil - 1LI

Yadni Monde's Buider's Kit including, among other things, 1000 sounds.

Color vector tables for scripting.

Fried egg table 2LI

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Avaria%20Tor/132/121/301

April 1, 2023

I'm not familiar with the area, so maybe this is normal, but I found jellyfish and turtles floating over SailorsDream.

March 31, 2023

39 minutes ago, Rowan Amore said:

If you hit the Search button in Firestorm and then Websearch which is the first tab at the top. It's the exact same as you'd see on the SL website.

Thank you! That worked.

March 31, 2023

I guess, as usual, the netGods are conspiring against me.

This is what I'm seeing. I'm logged into SL and into the web page.

macOS Monterey/Safari/Firestorm -

It is possible that my ad blocker may be affecting things. I guess I will wait a bit and file a support ticket if things don't change.

March 30, 2023

I'm sorry - I should have been more specific. I was referring to the https://secondlife.com/destinations pages.

March 30, 2023

I saw an announcement that the Destination Guide had been updated, but when I try to use it, there don't seem to be any links to the destinations.

Am I the only one? Am I doing something wrong?

I'm using Firestorm on an older Mac, if that makes any difference.

March 16, 2023

4 hours ago, Orwar said:

Well, you'll be pleased to know that statue in question is an asset ripped from Skyrim!

I didn't realize that. Thank you for pointing that out.

March 16, 2023

I've been saving up my peeves:

In Second Life: 1. Full-perm objects where the seller has made minor changes and listed themselves as creator. I know this is common practice, but it is still maddening to find out that the 'rare' item you just got from a vendor is based on something you could have gotten for $1L on the Marketplace. On left, $1L item on Marketplace named Azura Queen, 2 land impact; on right, 'rare' item in vending machine which has been altered and renamed, 3 land impact.

In another life: 2. When the yoga instructor says "Remember to breathe." as if I would forget.

3. When I'm logging on to my email and I get the message "If this is taking too much time, please go directly to your destination."

September 10, 2022

I have travelled Bellisseria many ways - balloons, planes, automobiles... I lack the coordination skills to navigate at high speeds, though, so I often choose to walk, or use a 'wearable'

vehicle like rollerskates, a horse, a canoe, or a bicycle. I don't cover much territory that way, but I also don't end up landing in a ditch as often...

The trains in Bellisseria are also excellent for seeing the different landscapes, although they don't go everywhere.

This was shot in Grover, wearing an LDPW bicycle.

I haven't been in Second Life much recently, but on Mainland I love to try the different pod tours, and wish we had something like that for Bellisseria.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Grover/111/144/52

June 30, 2022

I just finished decorating a 512 parcel in Sakura.

I had fun trying to put it together, but it was frustrating that some of my favorite things were just too high prim to use.

I made a small pond out back, but other items were from a fatpack that (when I later read the description) were actually designed for a house in a 'red light' district.

This was the 'open plan' version of the Kinmokusei model.

I have 13 prims left and I could keep on moving things around forever, but I have other things I need to do now. I'm sure I'm going to come back tomorrow and realize some things are misaligned or misplaced.

Please let me know if you see problems I can correct.

Some of my mask and art collection.

I always wanted an excuse to buy Maru Kado's Nyan statue.

Kitchen behind a phantom prim with a 'disappear' script.

Kitchen open.

June 24, 2022

Just a warning on asking for a particular Linden home after moving to Premium Plus - last night I found the perfect parcel and sent in a request - this morning I got a message that the coordinates I had given them were "on the road" and I went back to check and someone else had claimed the parcel just a few hours ago.

Make sure that you are in the middle of the parcel when you put in the coordinates, not on the sidewalk in front of it. Putting in the parcel designation doesn't seem to matter.

June 24, 2022

I signed up for Premium Plus because I wanted the extra group slots and because I wanted to have any 'early adapter' benefit there might be when/if the 2048 Premium Linden homes become available.

Checking on the name change fee reduction, I found that you have to put in a support ticket to get the $15.00 deal; otherwise you have to pay the standard $39 fee.

June 21, 2022

I feel as if something has been left out. Based on previous statements that Premium Plus would be a reduction in overall cost, this new Premium Plus option only makes sense if Coffee Pancake's prediction that the price for regular Premium will be going up is correct.

I would have been willing to pay double-regular-Premium for Premium Plus if only to avoid having to periodically send my subordinate alt's stipends to my primary alt.

While a Linden home on a 2048 M2 plot sounds wonderful, it is in Soonland now. In the meanwhile, how about giving Premium Plus members status symbols like having their name tags and text show up in shiny gold?

June 10, 2022

I consider the cost of three premium alts to be a "vacation" expense. I used to travel, but my current health situations prohibit that, so Second Life is an inexpensive alternative.

I spend more money on causes I believe in, but they don't give me the same joy.

June 3, 2022

16 hours ago, Persephone Emerald said:

Apple Fall has some lovely free furniture and décor.

Here's a tip that's especially useful at Apple Fall and PrimPerfect, but can actually be used anywhere. Pull up Area Search from the World menu. Open the filter tab and set the For Sale window to $L 0 to $L 1 (or $L 0 to $L 50 or whatever you think would be a great price). Open the Find tab and check the box in the lower right corner so blue crosshairs will show (in Firestorm). Now hide but don't close the Area Search window.

This trick can find all kinds of free items. It doesn't work well in mesh clothing or skin stores however, because it doesn't filter out free demos.

A great tip! I do this slightly differently, I just sort the price tab. I found out by accident the other day that I can buy the object by putting my cursor over the price.

May 18, 2022

15 hours ago, Trinity1776 said:

I'm trying to pull together a list of Asian-themed home & garden stores (main requirements are that they at least have some fairly recent creations that are mesh and I wouldn't be ashamed to have their products in my Linden Home). Note that this a list of stores that focus on Asian-style furnishings not stores that have some Asian decor as part of their diverse collections.

So far:
Soy: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Soy/115/204/2497
Taikou http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Taikou/130/142/47 (this is their newer SLURL - they are no longer in the urban setting which is where SL search will take you)
Tsunami (aka TC): http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Southern Marvel/85/208/24 (mostly outdoor, they have a lot of ponds/pools/fountains

Please let us all know if you have others to add to the list!

I've been keeping a list of Asian-themed stores and areas with asian themes. I've put an asterisk by the ones I've bought items from.

May 16, 2022

Some areas have more abandoned land than others. For example, you probably won't find much in Horizons, Zindra, or Bay City, but if you check the interiors of continents like Corsica or Satori you will find more.

If you find a large plot of abandoned land and you only want a small part you can put in a request to buy a portion. The instructions on the website are pretty clear. https://community.secondlife.com/knowledgebase/english/abandoned-land-r1034/ . You usually are charged 1 Linden per square meter, so auction prices may be cheaper.

And having written this, probably this thread should be moved to the Land forums.

May 7, 2022

On 5/5/2022 at 1:07 PM, Rowan Amore said:

No love for Horizons. 🙁. I know we're not part of the Main mainland but sheesh, they include Zindra but not us?

Carl Metropolitan made that map back in 2009 and it has been widely distributed. Note, though, that it doesn't include Bellisseria, either. Loren Fox has made many excellent maps free on the Marketplace https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Mainland-Maps-RezZone-LandMarks-FinderHUD-MAREFI/20221306. Perhaps, when Bellisseria is finished, someone will make a new world map.

May 4, 2022

3 hours ago, Chic Aeon said:

It was in part LLs decision to make the code available that made copybotting available. I was here then long ago and to say there was and UPROAR is putting it very mildly. While Opensim looks a lot like SL it is a different platform and has rules that are different in many cases.

AND I can access Opensim with a simple click on Firestorm login. ^^ so it doesn't get much easier than that.

Chic on the Kitely Sandobx testing physics.

I don't know enough to have an opinion about LL's decision to let their code be freely available; I was thinking more about the fact that we don't have hypergrid portals. I believe there was a short-lived experiment with gates, but I don't think residents ever had the option to walk from one world into another.

May 4, 2022

I found this web article helpful: https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/opensim-tutorial/.

Recently I became aware of the extent of copybot piracy in parts of Open Sim. Unfortunately, I believe that legal protection for 'virtual' products is still pretty weak and there is little recourse for small creators whose products have been pirated.

I believe Second Life's decision not to allow SL users to easily access Open Sim is a good one for that reason.

May 3, 2022

Today I was broke (again) and so I was overjoyed when I found a new free hunt. A few of the items I got today at the 'Scoop 'N Score' hunt:

ChiMia - Minimalist Office Desk - 1 li
ChiMia - House Plant - 1 li
ChiMia - Office Comfort Chair - 1 li

[RnR] Bronze Frame - Billie Holiday - 2 li
[RnR] Bronze Frame - Frank Sinatra - 2 li

::WD::Sweater Bat - Lime (Several sizes)
EDERGON - The Egg Collector Hat (with Hud)

Scoop 'N Score = https://secondlifesyndicate.com/events/syndicate-events/scoop-n-score/

No cost to play, all items are 0L$, May 1st to 31st

April 29, 2022

Just a reminder that the annual Fantasy Faire Quest is on for at least another week. A purchase of $L250 gets you a Quest HUD, the deluxe HUD at $L350 includes a special Faire outfit.

Most of the info is online, but for those like me who follow the all-in-one Home furnishings topic, here is a link to pictures of the prizes for completing only the FIRST part of the quest. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.5423455117686750&type=3

The Quest is a lot of fun, and most of the Fantasy Faire merchants have special items that are only available during the Faire.

April 28, 2022

I think it depends. I imagine terraforming land surface in SL as being like moving points on a grid up or down, but not sideways. I once exposed the empty space under a neighbor's house by lowering my side of the land too far, so even if you can't terraform your neighbor's parcel you should still be careful.

I find using the smallest tool and the lowest strength and working in slow circles works better than just hammering away.

Builder's Brewery has a terraforming sandbox open to the public.

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